About block 904,637
Bitcoin block 904,637 was mined by AntPool on July 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM UTC, 9 min 48 s after block 904,636. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,951 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0383 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1633 BTC for this block.
Block 904,637 is number 1,470 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 546 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,363 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,858 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.