About block 960,436
Bitcoin block 960,436 was mined by MARA Pool on July 31, 2026 at 4:45 PM UTC, 11 min 37 s after block 960,435. 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 4,229 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0380 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1630 BTC for this block.
Block 960,436 is number 821 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,195 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,564 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,199 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.