About block 957,121
Bitcoin block 957,121 was mined by AntPool on July 8, 2026 at 3:37 AM UTC, 14 min 23 s after block 957,120. 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 2,916 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 957,121 is number 1,538 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 478 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,879 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,512 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.