About block 957,197
Bitcoin block 957,197 was mined by SECPOOL on July 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM UTC, 6 min 2 s after block 957,196. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,911 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% 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 0.0152 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1402 BTC for this block.
Block 957,197 is number 1,614 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 402 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,803 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,411 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.