About block 956,605
Bitcoin block 956,605 was mined by MARA Pool on July 4, 2026 at 5:16 AM UTC, 25 min 1 s after block 956,604. 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 3,730 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 956,605 is number 1,022 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,395 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 18,253 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.