About block 954,578
Bitcoin block 954,578 was mined by MARA Pool on June 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM UTC, 47 min 45 s after block 954,577. 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 4,378 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0650 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1900 BTC for this block.
Block 954,578 is number 1,011 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,005 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,422 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,570 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.