About block 957,004
Bitcoin block 957,004 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2026 at 5:34 AM UTC, 7 min 57 s after block 957,003. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,855 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 957,004 is number 1,421 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 595 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,996 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. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,681 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.