About block 957,163
Bitcoin block 957,163 was mined by AntPool on July 8, 2026 at 11:05 AM UTC, 9 min 16 s after block 957,162. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,829 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% 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 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 957,163 is number 1,580 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 436 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,837 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,456 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.