About block 904,689
Bitcoin block 904,689 was mined by SpiderPool on July 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 904,688. 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 3,766 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% 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 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 904,689 is number 1,522 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 494 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,311 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. SpiderPool found 72 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,804 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.