About block 960,166
Bitcoin block 960,166 was mined by MARA Pool on July 29, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC, 9 min 49 s after block 960,165. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,112 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0249 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1499 BTC for this block.
Block 960,166 is number 551 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,465 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,834 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 13,350 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.