About block 905,217
Bitcoin block 905,217 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM UTC, 6 min 17 s after block 905,216. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,962 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0353 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1603 BTC for this block.
Block 905,217 is number 34 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,982 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,783 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 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,235 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.