About block 904,723
Bitcoin block 904,723 was mined by AntPool on July 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM UTC, 5 min 55 s after block 904,722. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,028 transactions in 1.02 MB (65.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 904,723 is number 1,556 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 460 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,277 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 70,766 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.