About block 904,488
Bitcoin block 904,488 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM UTC, 10 min 59 s after block 904,487. 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 3,587 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0496 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1746 BTC for this block.
Block 904,488 is number 1,321 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 695 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,512 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 71,022 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.