About block 953,446
Bitcoin block 953,446 was mined by MARA Pool on June 13, 2026 at 12:48 AM UTC, 20 min 11 s after block 953,445. 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 4,495 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0290 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1540 BTC for this block.
Block 953,446 is number 1,895 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 121 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,554 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,930 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.