About block 960,449
Bitcoin block 960,449 was mined by MARA Pool on July 31, 2026 at 6:51 PM UTC, 3 min 42 s after block 960,448. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,192 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0289 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1539 BTC for this block.
Block 960,449 is number 834 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,182 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,551 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 13,191 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.