About block 959,534
Bitcoin block 959,534 was mined by MARA Pool on July 25, 2026 at 9:50 AM UTC, 21 min 58 s after block 959,533. 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 4,691 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 959,534 is number 1,935 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 81 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,466 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 14,037 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.