About block 960,536
Bitcoin block 960,536 was mined by MARA Pool on August 1, 2026 at 8:10 AM UTC, 19 min 3 s after block 960,535. 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 4,342 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0254 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1504 BTC for this block.
Block 960,536 is number 921 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,095 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,464 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 13,066 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.