About block 904,696
Bitcoin block 904,696 was mined by Foundry USA on July 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM UTC, 3 min 24 s after block 904,695. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,485 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 904,696 is number 1,529 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 487 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,304 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. Foundry USA found 254 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,794 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.