About block 953,721
Bitcoin block 953,721 was mined by MARA Pool on June 15, 2026 at 1:12 AM UTC, 1 min 8 s after block 953,720. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,534 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0050 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1300 BTC for this block.
Block 953,721 is number 154 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,862 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,279 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 21,557 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.