About block 901,488
Bitcoin block 901,488 was mined by MARA Pool on June 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM UTC, 34 min 33 s after block 901,487. 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 3,608 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0625 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1875 BTC for this block.
Block 901,488 is number 337 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,679 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,512 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 74,394 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.