About block 957,687
Bitcoin block 957,687 was mined by MARA Pool on July 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM UTC, 12 min 5 s after block 957,686. 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 5,145 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 957,687 is number 88 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,928 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,313 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,709 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.