About block 953,655
Bitcoin block 953,655 was mined by MARA Pool on June 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM UTC, 13 min 5 s after block 953,654. 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 4,240 transactions in 1.51 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 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 953,655 is number 88 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,928 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,345 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,626 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.