About block 957,042
Bitcoin block 957,042 was mined by ViaBTC on July 7, 2026 at 1:47 PM UTC, 21 min 50 s after block 957,041. 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 3,978 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0439 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1689 BTC for this block.
Block 957,042 is number 1,459 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 557 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,958 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 17,634 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.