About block 904,538
Bitcoin block 904,538 was mined by AntPool on July 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM UTC, 44 seconds after block 904,537. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,284 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 904,538 is number 1,371 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 645 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,462 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 70,970 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.