About block 961,295
Bitcoin block 961,295 was mined by MARA Pool on August 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM UTC, 17 min 56 s after block 961,294. 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 3,683 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0522 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1772 BTC for this block.
Block 961,295 is number 1,680 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 336 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,705 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 12,397 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.