About block 953,839
Bitcoin block 953,839 was mined by MARA Pool on June 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC, 2 min 36 s after block 953,838. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,823 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0343 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1593 BTC for this block.
Block 953,839 is number 272 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,744 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,161 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,429 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.