About block 953,691
Bitcoin block 953,691 was mined by MARA Pool on June 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM UTC, 6 min 16 s after block 953,690. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,197 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 953,691 is number 124 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,892 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,309 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,588 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.