About block 960,983
Bitcoin block 960,983 was mined by MARA Pool on August 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM UTC, 17 min 23 s after block 960,982. 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 4,325 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0264 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1514 BTC for this block.
Block 960,983 is number 1,368 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 648 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,017 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 12,588 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.