About block 908,859
Bitcoin block 908,859 was mined by MARA Pool on August 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM UTC, 10 min 39 s after block 908,858. 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 2,627 transactions in 1.28 MB (86.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0260 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1510 BTC for this block.
Block 908,859 is number 1,660 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 356 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,141 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 66,104 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.