About block 956,045
Bitcoin block 956,045 was mined by MARA Pool on June 30, 2026 at 8:08 AM UTC, 7 min 38 s after block 956,044. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,876 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0182 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1432 BTC for this block.
Block 956,045 is number 462 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,554 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,955 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,917 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.