About block 904,996
Bitcoin block 904,996 was mined by AntPool on July 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM UTC, 9 min 6 s after block 904,995. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,070 transactions in 1.06 MB (71.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 904,996 is number 1,829 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 187 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,004 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,472 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.