About block 957,053
Bitcoin block 957,053 was mined by CloverPool on July 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM UTC, 9 min 38 s after block 957,052. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,669 transactions in 1.85 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, CloverPool earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 957,053 is number 1,470 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 546 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,947 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. CloverPool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,616 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.