About block 959,661
Bitcoin block 959,661 was mined by MARA Pool on July 26, 2026 at 5:44 AM UTC, 1 min 38 s after block 959,660. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,298 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 959,661 is number 46 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,970 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,339 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,841 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.