About block 905,704
Bitcoin block 905,704 was mined by SpiderPool on July 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM UTC, 15 min 45 s after block 905,703. 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 3,225 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0710 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1960 BTC for this block.
Block 905,704 is number 521 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,495 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,296 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 69 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,722 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.