About block 960,163
Bitcoin block 960,163 was mined by MARA Pool on July 29, 2026 at 11:20 PM UTC, 8 min 0 s after block 960,162. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,614 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0250 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1500 BTC for this block.
Block 960,163 is number 548 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,468 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,837 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 13,352 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.