About block 953,998
Bitcoin block 953,998 was mined by MARA Pool on June 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC, 6 min 57 s after block 953,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,473 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 953,998 is number 431 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,585 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,002 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 21,260 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.