About block 905,440
Bitcoin block 905,440 was mined by ViaBTC on July 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM UTC, 1 min 24 s after block 905,439. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 587 transactions in 1.38 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0236 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1486 BTC for this block.
Block 905,440 is number 257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,560 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,000 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.