About block 914,972
Bitcoin block 914,972 was mined by MARA Pool on September 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM UTC, 2 min 23 s after block 914,971. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,086 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0330 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1580 BTC for this block.
Block 914,972 is number 1,725 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 453; 291 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 915,263. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 135,028 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 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 59,152 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.