About block 908,861
Bitcoin block 908,861 was mined by MARA Pool on August 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM UTC, 57 min 39 s after block 908,860. 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 4,336 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0834 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2084 BTC for this block.
Block 908,861 is number 1,662 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 354 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,139 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 66,102 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.