About block 957,189
Bitcoin block 957,189 was mined by F2Pool on July 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM UTC, 3 min 5 s after block 957,188. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,173 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0220 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1470 BTC for this block.
Block 957,189 is number 1,606 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 410 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,811 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. F2Pool found 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,423 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.