About block 904,681
Bitcoin block 904,681 was mined by ViaBTC on July 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM UTC, 24 min 37 s after block 904,680. 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 2,920 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0403 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1653 BTC for this block.
Block 904,681 is number 1,514 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 502 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,319 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,812 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.