About block 952,870
Bitcoin block 952,870 was mined by MARA Pool on June 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM UTC, 29 min 50 s after block 952,869. 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 3,738 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0607 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1857 BTC for this block.
Block 952,870 is number 1,319 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 697 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,130 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 22,556 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.