About block 957,172
Bitcoin block 957,172 was mined by SpiderPool on July 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM UTC, 21 min 38 s after block 957,171. 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 4,490 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0267 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1517 BTC for this block.
Block 957,172 is number 1,589 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 427 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,828 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. SpiderPool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,442 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.