About block 959,442
Bitcoin block 959,442 was mined by MARA Pool on July 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM UTC, 3 min 42 s after block 959,441. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,150 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0236 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1486 BTC for this block.
Block 959,442 is number 1,843 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 173 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,558 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,158 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.