About block 957,844
Bitcoin block 957,844 was mined by MARA Pool on July 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC, 3 min 34 s after block 957,843. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,451 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0087 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1337 BTC for this block.
Block 957,844 is number 245 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,771 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,156 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,474 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.