About block 960,970
Bitcoin block 960,970 was mined by MARA Pool on August 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM UTC, 53 min 4 s after block 960,969. 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 3,908 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0481 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1731 BTC for this block.
Block 960,970 is number 1,355 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 661 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,030 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 12,597 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.