About block 960,604
Bitcoin block 960,604 was mined by MARA Pool on August 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM UTC, 2 min 5 s after block 960,603. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,251 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 960,604 is number 989 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,027 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,396 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 12,974 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.