About block 904,659
Bitcoin block 904,659 was mined by MARA Pool on July 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM UTC, 2 min 45 s after block 904,658. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 903 transactions in 1.15 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0230 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1480 BTC for this block.
Block 904,659 is number 1,492 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 524 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,341 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 70,835 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.