About block 905,909
Bitcoin block 905,909 was mined by ViaBTC on July 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM UTC, 9 min 56 s after block 905,908. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,902 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0462 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1712 BTC for this block.
Block 905,909 is number 726 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,290 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,091 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 69,497 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.