About block 951,696
Bitcoin block 951,696 was mined by MARA Pool on May 30, 2026 at 10:31 AM UTC, 40 min 0 s after block 951,695. 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 4,841 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0401 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1651 BTC for this block.
Block 951,696 is number 145 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,871 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,304 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 23,812 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.