About block 908,963
Bitcoin block 908,963 was mined by MARA Pool on August 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM UTC, 14 min 23 s after block 908,962. 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 4,087 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0525 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1775 BTC for this block.
Block 908,963 is number 1,764 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 252 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,037 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 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,991 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.