About block 904,665
Bitcoin block 904,665 was mined by OCEAN on July 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM UTC, 15 min 30 s after block 904,664. 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 2,331 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 904,665 is number 1,498 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 518 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,335 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. OCEAN found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,829 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.