About block 904,457
Bitcoin block 904,457 was mined by ViaBTC on July 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM UTC, 17 min 1 s after block 904,456. 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 2,847 transactions in 1.47 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 0.0464 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1714 BTC for this block.
Block 904,457 is number 1,290 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 726 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,543 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,054 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.