About block 904,904
Bitcoin block 904,904 was mined by AntPool on July 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM UTC, 21 min 26 s after block 904,903. 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 3,852 transactions in 1.53 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 0.0493 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1743 BTC for this block.
Block 904,904 is number 1,737 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 279 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,096 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,570 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.