About block 952,863
Bitcoin block 952,863 was mined by MARA Pool on June 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM UTC, 11 min 44 s after block 952,862. 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 3,706 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% 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 0.0311 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1561 BTC for this block.
Block 952,863 is number 1,312 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 704 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,137 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,563 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.