About block 905,228
Bitcoin block 905,228 was mined by MARA Pool on July 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM UTC, 14 min 37 s after block 905,227. 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 2,847 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0452 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1702 BTC for this block.
Block 905,228 is number 45 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,971 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,772 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 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,223 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.