About block 960,851
Bitcoin block 960,851 was mined by MARA Pool on August 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM UTC, 6 min 21 s after block 960,850. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,514 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 960,851 is number 1,236 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 780 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,149 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 12,651 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.