About block 957,180
Bitcoin block 957,180 was mined by SpiderPool on July 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM UTC, 3 min 50 s after block 957,179. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,216 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0141 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1391 BTC for this block.
Block 957,180 is number 1,597 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 419 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,820 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. SpiderPool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,433 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.