About block 960,270
Bitcoin block 960,270 was mined by MARA Pool on July 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM UTC, 7 min 41 s after block 960,269. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,634 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0400 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1650 BTC for this block.
Block 960,270 is number 655 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,361 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,730 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,301 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.