About block 957,001
Bitcoin block 957,001 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2026 at 5:21 AM UTC, 13 min 44 s after block 957,000. 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 4,278 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0243 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1493 BTC for this block.
Block 957,001 is number 1,418 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 598 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,999 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. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,684 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.