About block 905,872
Bitcoin block 905,872 was mined by MARA Pool on July 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM UTC, 4 min 21 s after block 905,871. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,530 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 12.00 sat/vB, down from 15.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1279 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2529 BTC for this block.
Block 905,872 is number 689 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,327 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,128 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,537 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.