About block 906,496
Bitcoin block 906,496 was mined by ViaBTC on July 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM UTC, 3 min 42 s after block 906,495. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,276 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0240 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1490 BTC for this block.
Block 906,496 is number 1,313 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 703 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,504 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 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,784 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.