About block 959,968
Bitcoin block 959,968 was mined by MARA Pool on July 28, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTC, 9 min 48 s after block 959,967. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 56 transactions in 3.97 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0223 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1473 BTC for this block.
Block 959,968 is number 353 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,663 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,032 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,547 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.