About block 904,452
Bitcoin block 904,452 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM UTC, 1 min 57 s after block 904,451. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 244 transactions in 0.15 MB (7.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0021 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1271 BTC for this block.
Block 904,452 is number 1,285 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 731 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,548 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,061 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.