About block 958,257
Bitcoin block 958,257 was mined by MARA Pool on July 16, 2026 at 7:23 AM UTC, 1 min 9 s after block 958,256. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,040 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0063 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1313 BTC for this block.
Block 958,257 is number 658 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,358 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,743 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 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,898 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.