About block 960,243
Bitcoin block 960,243 was mined by MARA Pool on July 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM UTC, 1 min 12 s after block 960,242. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,799 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0055 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1305 BTC for this block.
Block 960,243 is number 628 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,388 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,757 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,316 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.