About block 904,424
Bitcoin block 904,424 was mined by MARA Pool on July 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM UTC, 4 min 33 s after block 904,423. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,275 transactions in 1.22 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 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 904,424 is number 1,257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,576 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,091 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.