About block 957,242
Bitcoin block 957,242 was mined by MARA Pool on July 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM UTC, 2 min 31 s after block 957,241. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,356 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 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 957,242 is number 1,659 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 357 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,758 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,346 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.