About block 905,438
Bitcoin block 905,438 was mined by SpiderPool on July 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM UTC, 3 min 41 s after block 905,437. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,506 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0410 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1660 BTC for this block.
Block 905,438 is number 255 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,761 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,562 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. SpiderPool found 70 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,003 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.