About block 957,063
Bitcoin block 957,063 was mined by SpiderPool on July 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM UTC, 5 min 14 s after block 957,062. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,416 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 957,063 is number 1,480 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 536 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,937 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. SpiderPool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,602 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.