About block 951,979
Bitcoin block 951,979 was mined by MARA Pool on June 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM UTC, 2 min 51 s after block 951,978. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,489 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0216 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1466 BTC for this block.
Block 951,979 is number 428 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,588 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,021 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,503 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.