About block 909,230
Bitcoin block 909,230 was mined by MARA Pool on August 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM UTC, 40 min 37 s after block 909,229. 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 4,053 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0794 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2044 BTC for this block.
Block 909,230 is number 15 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 2,001 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,770 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 65,640 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.