About block 908,453
Bitcoin block 908,453 was mined by MARA Pool on August 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM UTC, 4 min 10 s after block 908,452. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6 transactions in 3.99 MB (99.9% 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 0.0308 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1558 BTC for this block.
Block 908,453 is number 1,254 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 762 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,547 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 66,597 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.