About block 956,461
Bitcoin block 956,461 was mined by MARA Pool on July 3, 2026 at 7:04 AM UTC, 4 min 45 s after block 956,460. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,170 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up 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 956,461 is number 878 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,138 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,539 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,406 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.