About block 904,603
Bitcoin block 904,603 was mined by SpiderPool on July 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM UTC, 45 seconds after block 904,602. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,601 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 904,603 is number 1,436 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 580 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,397 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. SpiderPool found 72 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,895 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.