About block 957,050
Bitcoin block 957,050 was mined by F2Pool on July 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM UTC, 12 min 4 s after block 957,049. 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 3,748 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% 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 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 957,050 is number 1,467 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 549 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,950 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. F2Pool found 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,619 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.