About block 960,866
Bitcoin block 960,866 was mined by MARA Pool on August 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM UTC, 4 min 31 s after block 960,865. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,541 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 960,866 is number 1,251 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 765 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,134 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,649 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.