About block 904,038
Bitcoin block 904,038 was mined by MARA Pool on July 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM UTC, 4 min 12 s after block 904,037. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 894 transactions in 3.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 904,038 is number 871 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,145 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,962 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,493 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.