About block 957,028
Bitcoin block 957,028 was mined by SECPOOL on July 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTC, 5 min 35 s after block 957,027. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,865 transactions in 1.94 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 957,028 is number 1,445 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 571 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,972 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,649 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.