About block 904,499
Bitcoin block 904,499 was mined by SpiderPool on July 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM UTC, 4 min 51 s after block 904,498. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,718 transactions in 1.42 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, down from 7.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0673 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1923 BTC for this block.
Block 904,499 is number 1,332 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 684 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,501 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. SpiderPool found 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,011 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.