About block 904,697
Bitcoin block 904,697 was mined by ViaBTC on July 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM UTC, 2 min 22 s after block 904,696. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 913 transactions in 0.47 MB (30.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0062 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1312 BTC for this block.
Block 904,697 is number 1,530 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 486 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,303 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,793 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.