About block 905,971
Bitcoin block 905,971 was mined by ViaBTC on July 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM UTC, 1 min 34 s after block 905,970. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,513 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 905,971 is number 788 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,228 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,029 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 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,426 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.