About block 957,148
Bitcoin block 957,148 was mined by WhitePool on July 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM UTC, 4 min 17 s after block 957,147. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,092 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0120 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1370 BTC for this block.
Block 957,148 is number 1,565 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 451 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,852 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. WhitePool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,477 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.