About block 957,153
Bitcoin block 957,153 was mined by SECPOOL on July 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM UTC, 11 min 43 s after block 957,152. 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 3,126 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 957,153 is number 1,570 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 446 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,847 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. SECPOOL found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,471 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.