About block 901,579
Bitcoin block 901,579 was mined by MARA Pool on June 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM UTC, 9 min 18 s after block 901,578. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,722 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 9.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0734 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1984 BTC for this block.
Block 901,579 is number 428 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,588 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,421 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 74,292 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.