About block 904,456
Bitcoin block 904,456 was mined by SpiderPool on July 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM UTC, 15 min 40 s after block 904,455. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,949 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0334 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1584 BTC for this block.
Block 904,456 is number 1,289 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 727 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,544 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. SpiderPool found 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,055 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.