About block 953,160
Bitcoin block 953,160 was mined by MARA Pool on June 11, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC, 17 min 11 s after block 953,159. 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 3,848 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0322 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1572 BTC for this block.
Block 953,160 is number 1,609 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 407 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,840 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,236 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.