About block 953,344
Bitcoin block 953,344 was mined by MARA Pool on June 12, 2026 at 9:01 AM UTC, 14 min 50 s after block 953,343. 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 4,568 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% 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 0.0271 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1521 BTC for this block.
Block 953,344 is number 1,793 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 223 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,656 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,039 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.