About block 959,225
Bitcoin block 959,225 was mined by MARA Pool on July 23, 2026 at 6:31 AM UTC, 19 min 47 s after block 959,224. 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 4,238 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0218 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1468 BTC for this block.
Block 959,225 is number 1,626 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 390 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,775 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,463 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.