About block 904,491
Bitcoin block 904,491 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM UTC, 2 min 4 s after block 904,490. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,769 transactions in 1.33 MB (99.9% 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 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 904,491 is number 1,324 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 692 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,509 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 71,019 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.