About block 957,151
Bitcoin block 957,151 was mined by AntPool on July 8, 2026 at 9:36 AM UTC, 2 min 53 s after block 957,150. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,506 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 957,151 is number 1,568 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 448 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,849 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 17,474 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.