About block 954,171
Bitcoin block 954,171 was mined by MARA Pool on June 18, 2026 at 2:36 AM UTC, 17 min 13 s after block 954,170. 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 4,784 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 954,171 is number 604 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,412 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,829 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 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,070 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.