About block 953,730
Bitcoin block 953,730 was mined by MARA Pool on June 15, 2026 at 2:47 AM UTC, 3 min 36 s after block 953,729. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,578 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0091 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1341 BTC for this block.
Block 953,730 is number 163 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,853 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,270 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 21,546 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.