About block 960,498
Bitcoin block 960,498 was mined by MARA Pool on August 1, 2026 at 3:05 AM UTC, 43 min 6 s after block 960,497. 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 3,039 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0679 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1929 BTC for this block.
Block 960,498 is number 883 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,133 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,502 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,118 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.