About block 904,856
Bitcoin block 904,856 was mined by MARA Pool on July 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM UTC, 1 min 53 s after block 904,855. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 521 transactions in 2.22 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0101 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1351 BTC for this block.
Block 904,856 is number 1,689 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 327 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,144 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 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,618 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.