About block 957,816
Bitcoin block 957,816 was mined by MARA Pool on July 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM UTC, 9 min 29 s after block 957,815. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,117 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 957,816 is number 217 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,799 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,184 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 16,514 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.