About block 906,956
Bitcoin block 906,956 was mined by MARA Pool on July 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM UTC, 2 min 43 s after block 906,955. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,492 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0285 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1535 BTC for this block.
Block 906,956 is number 1,773 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 243 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,044 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 68,290 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.