About block 906,396
Bitcoin block 906,396 was mined by ViaBTC on July 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM UTC, 18 min 49 s after block 906,395. 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 3,852 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0434 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1684 BTC for this block.
Block 906,396 is number 1,213 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 803 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,604 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 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,969 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.