About block 904,496
Bitcoin block 904,496 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM UTC, 14 min 45 s after block 904,495. 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 4,950 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0692 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1942 BTC for this block.
Block 904,496 is number 1,329 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 687 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,504 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,014 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.