About block 908,603
Bitcoin block 908,603 was mined by MARA Pool on August 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM UTC, 6 min 59 s after block 908,602. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,371 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 908,603 is number 1,404 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 612 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,397 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 66,389 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.