About block 954,970
Bitcoin block 954,970 was mined by MARA Pool on June 23, 2026 at 6:43 AM UTC, 5 min 13 s after block 954,969. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,983 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 954,970 is number 1,403 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 613 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,030 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 20,116 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.