About block 956,403
Bitcoin block 956,403 was mined by MARA Pool on July 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM UTC, 2 min 16 s after block 956,402. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,439 transactions in 2.05 MB (99.9% 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 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 956,403 is number 820 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,196 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,597 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 18,466 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.