About block 904,739
Bitcoin block 904,739 was mined by ViaBTC on July 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM UTC, 2 min 9 s after block 904,738. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,432 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% 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 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 904,739 is number 1,572 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 444 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,261 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 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,747 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.