About block 904,885
Bitcoin block 904,885 was mined by ViaBTC on July 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM UTC, 16 min 32 s after block 904,884. 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 3,113 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0463 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1713 BTC for this block.
Block 904,885 is number 1,718 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 298 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,115 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 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,589 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.