About block 953,717
Bitcoin block 953,717 was mined by MARA Pool on June 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM UTC, 15 min 11 s after block 953,716. 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 4,228 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 953,717 is number 150 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,866 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,283 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 21,561 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.