About block 957,136
Bitcoin block 957,136 was mined by ViaBTC on July 8, 2026 at 7:02 AM UTC, 9 min 48 s after block 957,135. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,807 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% 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 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 957,136 is number 1,553 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 463 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,864 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. ViaBTC found 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,494 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.