About block 957,690
Bitcoin block 957,690 was mined by MARA Pool on July 12, 2026 at 10:16 AM UTC, 4 min 7 s after block 957,689. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,426 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% 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 0.0101 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1351 BTC for this block.
Block 957,690 is number 91 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,925 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,310 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,706 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.