About block 955,223
Bitcoin block 955,223 was mined by MARA Pool on June 24, 2026 at 8:34 PM UTC, 12 min 11 s after block 955,222. 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 4,459 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0292 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1542 BTC for this block.
Block 955,223 is number 1,656 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 360 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,777 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 19,850 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.