About block 957,150
Bitcoin block 957,150 was mined by AntPool on July 8, 2026 at 9:33 AM UTC, 9 min 48 s after block 957,149. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,284 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% 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 0.0238 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1488 BTC for this block.
Block 957,150 is number 1,567 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 449 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,850 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,475 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.