About block 960,975
Bitcoin block 960,975 was mined by MARA Pool on August 4, 2026 at 6:33 AM UTC, 8 min 6 s after block 960,974. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,557 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% 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 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 960,975 is number 1,360 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 656 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,025 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 12,596 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.