About block 957,040
Bitcoin block 957,040 was mined by ViaBTC on July 7, 2026 at 1:17 PM UTC, 19 min 14 s after block 957,039. 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 4,057 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0436 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1686 BTC for this block.
Block 957,040 is number 1,457 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 559 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,960 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,636 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.