About block 961,309
Bitcoin block 961,309 was mined by MARA Pool on August 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM UTC, 3 min 9 s after block 961,308. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,639 transactions in 1.85 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 961,309 is number 1,694 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 322 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,691 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 12,386 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.