About block 957,124
Bitcoin block 957,124 was mined by SpiderPool on July 8, 2026 at 3:53 AM UTC, 11 min 20 s after block 957,123. 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 5,543 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 957,124 is number 1,541 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 475 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,876 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,508 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.