About block 957,114
Bitcoin block 957,114 was mined by MARA Pool on July 8, 2026 at 2:14 AM UTC, 8 min 0 s after block 957,113. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,873 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 957,114 is number 1,531 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 485 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,886 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,522 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.