About block 961,126
Bitcoin block 961,126 was mined by MARA Pool on August 5, 2026 at 7:03 AM UTC, 13 min 36 s after block 961,125. 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 4,175 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0245 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1495 BTC for this block.
Block 961,126 is number 1,511 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 505 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,874 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 12,498 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.