About block 905,742
Bitcoin block 905,742 was mined by Mining Squared on July 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM UTC, 36 min 33 s after block 905,741. 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 4,091 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0585 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1835 BTC for this block.
Block 905,742 is number 559 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,457 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,258 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,683 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.