About block 960,281
Bitcoin block 960,281 was mined by MARA Pool on July 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM UTC, 20 min 32 s after block 960,280. 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 4,249 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0384 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1634 BTC for this block.
Block 960,281 is number 666 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,350 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,719 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 13,294 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.