About block 961,735
Bitcoin block 961,735 was mined by MARA Pool on August 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM UTC, 4 min 35 s after block 961,734. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,042 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 961,735 is number 104 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,912 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,265 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,157 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.