About block 957,174
Bitcoin block 957,174 was mined by F2Pool on July 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM UTC, 2 min 45 s after block 957,173. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,481 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0077 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1327 BTC for this block.
Block 957,174 is number 1,591 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 425 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,826 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. F2Pool found 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,440 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.