About block 960,437
Bitcoin block 960,437 was mined by MARA Pool on July 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM UTC, 20 min 21 s after block 960,436. 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 3,798 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0853 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2103 BTC for this block.
Block 960,437 is number 822 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,194 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,563 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 13,198 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.