About block 954,663
Bitcoin block 954,663 was mined by MARA Pool on June 21, 2026 at 6:42 AM UTC, 11 min 27 s after block 954,662. 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 5,343 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0164 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1414 BTC for this block.
Block 954,663 is number 1,096 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 920 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,337 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 20,442 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.