About block 904,658
Bitcoin block 904,658 was mined by ViaBTC on July 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 904,657. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,401 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 904,658 is number 1,491 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 525 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,342 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. ViaBTC found 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,837 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.