About block 957,576
Bitcoin block 957,576 was mined by MARA Pool on July 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM UTC, 3 min 15 s after block 957,575. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,871 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up 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 957,576 is number 1,993 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 23 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,424 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 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,879 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.