About block 956,930
Bitcoin block 956,930 was mined by MARA Pool on July 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC, 57 seconds after block 956,929. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,431 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0301 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1551 BTC for this block.
Block 956,930 is number 1,347 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 669 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,070 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,793 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.