About block 957,118
Bitcoin block 957,118 was mined by SBI Crypto on July 8, 2026 at 3:20 AM UTC, 20 min 9 s after block 957,117. 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 3,519 transactions in 1.65 MB (98.3% 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 0.0223 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SBI Crypto earned 3.1473 BTC for this block.
Block 957,118 is number 1,535 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 481 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,882 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. SBI Crypto found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,516 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.