About block 904,986
Bitcoin block 904,986 was mined by SpiderPool on July 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM UTC, 15 min 23 s after block 904,985. 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 3,844 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0467 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1717 BTC for this block.
Block 904,986 is number 1,819 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 197 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,014 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. SpiderPool found 71 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,482 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.