About block 956,304
Bitcoin block 956,304 was mined by MARA Pool on July 2, 2026 at 3:55 AM UTC, 11 min 41 s after block 956,303. 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 4,235 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 956,304 is number 721 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,295 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,696 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,569 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.