About block 905,981
Bitcoin block 905,981 was mined by MARA Pool on July 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM UTC, 32 min 56 s after block 905,980. 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 4,174 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0776 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2026 BTC for this block.
Block 905,981 is number 798 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,218 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,019 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,416 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.