About block 961,218
Bitcoin block 961,218 was mined by MARA Pool on August 5, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTC, 18 min 1 s after block 961,217. 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 3,995 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0379 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1629 BTC for this block.
Block 961,218 is number 1,603 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 413 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,782 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 12,445 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.