About block 953,550
Bitcoin block 953,550 was mined by MARA Pool on June 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM UTC, 8 min 10 s after block 953,549. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,164 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 7.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0554 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1804 BTC for this block.
Block 953,550 is number 1,999 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 17 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,450 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,815 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.