About block 957,655
Bitcoin block 957,655 was mined by MARA Pool on July 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM UTC, 6 min 5 s after block 957,654. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,639 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 0.0097 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1347 BTC for this block.
Block 957,655 is number 56 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,960 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,345 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,766 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.