About block 959,836
Bitcoin block 959,836 was mined by MARA Pool on July 27, 2026 at 12:01 PM UTC, 3 min 1 s after block 959,835. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,661 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 959,836 is number 221 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,795 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,164 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,707 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.