About block 956,770
Bitcoin block 956,770 was mined by MARA Pool on July 5, 2026 at 9:39 AM UTC, 19 min 16 s after block 956,769. 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 5,389 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% 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 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 956,770 is number 1,187 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 829 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,230 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,040 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.