About block 909,196
Bitcoin block 909,196 was mined by MARA Pool on August 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM UTC, 16 min 4 s after block 909,195. 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 4,201 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0689 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1939 BTC for this block.
Block 909,196 is number 1,997 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 19 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,804 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 65,675 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.