About block 909,497
Bitcoin block 909,497 was mined by MARA Pool on August 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM UTC, 9 min 8 s after block 909,496. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,897 transactions in 0.93 MB (60.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 909,497 is number 282 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,734 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,503 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,356 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.