About block 954,257
Bitcoin block 954,257 was mined by MARA Pool on June 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM UTC, 49 seconds after block 954,256. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,016 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0078 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1328 BTC for this block.
Block 954,257 is number 690 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,326 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,743 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 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,973 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.