About block 958,457
Bitcoin block 958,457 was mined by MARA Pool on July 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC, 2 min 15 s after block 958,456. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,473 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0449 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1699 BTC for this block.
Block 958,457 is number 858 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,158 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,543 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,596 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.