About block 957,038
Bitcoin block 957,038 was mined by F2Pool on July 7, 2026 at 12:57 PM UTC, 3 min 50 s after block 957,037. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,239 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0326 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1576 BTC for this block.
Block 957,038 is number 1,455 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 561 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,962 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. F2Pool found 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,638 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.