About block 904,612
Bitcoin block 904,612 was mined by SpiderPool on July 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM UTC, 29 min 21 s after block 904,611. 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 4,069 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0634 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1884 BTC for this block.
Block 904,612 is number 1,445 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 571 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,388 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 70,885 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.