About block 904,291
Bitcoin block 904,291 was mined by MARA Pool on July 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM UTC, 9 min 4 s after block 904,290. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,004 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0355 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1605 BTC for this block.
Block 904,291 is number 1,124 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 892 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,709 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,233 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.