About block 908,494
Bitcoin block 908,494 was mined by MARA Pool on August 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM UTC, 6 min 42 s after block 908,493. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,054 transactions in 2.33 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0154 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1404 BTC for this block.
Block 908,494 is number 1,295 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 721 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,506 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 66,506 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.