About block 904,971
Bitcoin block 904,971 was mined by ViaBTC on July 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM UTC, 34 seconds after block 904,970. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,165 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 904,971 is number 1,804 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 212 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,029 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,498 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.