About block 956,820
Bitcoin block 956,820 was mined by MARA Pool on July 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM UTC, 12 min 28 s after block 956,819. 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 4,961 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 956,820 is number 1,237 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 779 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,180 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 17,959 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.