About block 904,879
Bitcoin block 904,879 was mined by MARA Pool on July 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM UTC, 34 min 28 s after block 904,878. 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 3,296 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0844 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2094 BTC for this block.
Block 904,879 is number 1,712 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 304 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,121 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 70,595 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.