About block 957,618
Bitcoin block 957,618 was mined by MARA Pool on July 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM UTC, 20 min 55 s after block 957,617. 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 4,362 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0251 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1501 BTC for this block.
Block 957,618 is number 19 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,997 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,382 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 16,822 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.