About block 960,143
Bitcoin block 960,143 was mined by MARA Pool on July 29, 2026 at 9:07 PM UTC, 36 min 44 s after block 960,142. 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 4,029 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0769 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2019 BTC for this block.
Block 960,143 is number 528 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,488 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,857 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,365 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.