About block 904,504
Bitcoin block 904,504 was mined by Mining Squared on July 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM UTC, 1 min 45 s after block 904,503. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,514 transactions in 1.45 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 0.0440 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1690 BTC for this block.
Block 904,504 is number 1,337 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 679 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,496 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,004 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.