About block 904,998
Bitcoin block 904,998 was mined by ViaBTC on July 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM UTC, 17 min 4 s after block 904,997. 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 3,080 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0367 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1617 BTC for this block.
Block 904,998 is number 1,831 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 185 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,002 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 70,470 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.