About block 904,493
Bitcoin block 904,493 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on July 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM UTC, 3 min 8 s after block 904,492. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,153 transactions in 1.77 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 0.0218 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1468 BTC for this block.
Block 904,493 is number 1,326 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 690 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,507 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,017 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.