About block 951,278
Bitcoin block 951,278 was mined by MARA Pool on May 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC, 14 min 30 s after block 951,277. 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 3,670 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0296 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1546 BTC for this block.
Block 951,278 is number 1,743 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 273 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,722 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 24,251 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.