About block 952,500
Bitcoin block 952,500 was mined by MARA Pool on June 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM UTC, 8 min 28 s after block 952,499. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,376 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0416 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1666 BTC for this block.
Block 952,500 is number 949 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,067 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,500 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 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,948 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.