About block 959,516
Bitcoin block 959,516 was mined by MARA Pool on July 25, 2026 at 6:48 AM UTC, 17 min 14 s after block 959,515. 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 3,827 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 959,516 is number 1,917 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 99 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,484 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 14,059 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.