About block 961,278
Bitcoin block 961,278 was mined by MARA Pool on August 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM UTC, 1 min 54 s after block 961,277. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 192 transactions in 3.91 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 0.0114 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1364 BTC for this block.
Block 961,278 is number 1,663 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 353 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,722 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,410 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.