About block 906,561
Bitcoin block 906,561 was mined by MARA Pool on July 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM UTC, 11 min 29 s after block 906,560. 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 3,221 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0487 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1737 BTC for this block.
Block 906,561 is number 1,378 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 638 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,439 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 68,715 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.