About block 908,278
Bitcoin block 908,278 was mined by MARA Pool on August 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM UTC, 17 min 54 s after block 908,277. 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 3,488 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0360 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1610 BTC for this block.
Block 908,278 is number 1,079 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 937 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,722 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,783 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.