About block 905,173
Bitcoin block 905,173 was mined by SpiderPool on July 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM UTC, 15 min 44 s after block 905,172. 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 2,355 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 905,173 is number 2,006 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 10 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,827 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 69 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,282 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.