About block 960,561
Bitcoin block 960,561 was mined by MARA Pool on August 1, 2026 at 12:36 PM UTC, 11 min 20 s after block 960,560. 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 3,783 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0281 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1531 BTC for this block.
Block 960,561 is number 946 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,070 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,439 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 13,034 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.