About block 904,724
Bitcoin block 904,724 was mined by ViaBTC on July 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM UTC, 17 min 43 s after block 904,723. 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 2,551 transactions in 1.39 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0404 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1654 BTC for this block.
Block 904,724 is number 1,557 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 459 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,276 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 70,765 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.