About block 904,693
Bitcoin block 904,693 was mined by AntPool on July 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM UTC, 7 min 43 s after block 904,692. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,177 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0202 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1452 BTC for this block.
Block 904,693 is number 1,526 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 490 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,307 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 70,800 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.