About block 957,059
Bitcoin block 957,059 was mined by F2Pool on July 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM UTC, 23 min 56 s after block 957,058. 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 4,531 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0395 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1645 BTC for this block.
Block 957,059 is number 1,476 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 540 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,941 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,606 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.