About block 957,398
Bitcoin block 957,398 was mined by MARA Pool on July 10, 2026 at 6:44 AM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 957,397. 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 3,748 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0182 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1432 BTC for this block.
Block 957,398 is number 1,815 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 201 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,602 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,123 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.