About block 905,839
Bitcoin block 905,839 was mined by ViaBTC on July 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM UTC, 18 min 14 s after block 905,838. 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 3,674 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0558 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1808 BTC for this block.
Block 905,839 is number 656 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,360 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,161 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 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,572 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.