About block 908,359
Bitcoin block 908,359 was mined by MARA Pool on August 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM UTC, 23 min 36 s after block 908,358. 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 2,979 transactions in 1.95 MB (99.9% 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 0.0315 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1565 BTC for this block.
Block 908,359 is number 1,160 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 856 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,641 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,696 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.