About block 957,851
Bitcoin block 957,851 was mined by MARA Pool on July 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM UTC, 19 min 58 s after block 957,850. 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 4,330 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0249 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1499 BTC for this block.
Block 957,851 is number 252 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,764 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,149 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 16,462 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.