About block 906,171
Bitcoin block 906,171 was mined by MARA Pool on July 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM UTC, 8 min 20 s after block 906,170. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,267 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 906,171 is number 988 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,028 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,829 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,212 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.