About block 904,243
Bitcoin block 904,243 was mined by MARA Pool on July 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM UTC, 1 min 11 s after block 904,242. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,489 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 904,243 is number 1,076 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 940 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,757 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,283 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.