About block 904,663
Bitcoin block 904,663 was mined by MARA Pool on July 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM UTC, 12 min 29 s after block 904,662. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,478 transactions in 1.49 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 0.0310 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1560 BTC for this block.
Block 904,663 is number 1,496 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 520 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,337 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 70,831 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.