About block 906,499
Bitcoin block 906,499 was mined by MARA Pool on July 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM UTC, 9 min 46 s after block 906,498. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,339 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0334 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1584 BTC for this block.
Block 906,499 is number 1,316 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 700 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,501 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,781 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.