About block 956,616
Bitcoin block 956,616 was mined by MARA Pool on July 4, 2026 at 6:13 AM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 956,615. 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 5,396 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 956,616 is number 1,033 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 983 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,384 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 18,242 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.