About block 953,379
Bitcoin block 953,379 was mined by MARA Pool on June 12, 2026 at 1:48 PM UTC, 17 min 40 s after block 953,378. 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 3,543 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0380 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1630 BTC for this block.
Block 953,379 is number 1,828 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 188 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,621 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,003 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.