About block 906,053
Bitcoin block 906,053 was mined by MARA Pool on July 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM UTC, 22 min 18 s after block 906,052. 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 4,011 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0498 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1748 BTC for this block.
Block 906,053 is number 870 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,146 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,947 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 69,339 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.