About block 957,198
Bitcoin block 957,198 was mined by ViaBTC on July 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM UTC, 3 min 38 s after block 957,197. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,535 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% 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 0.0098 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1348 BTC for this block.
Block 957,198 is number 1,615 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 401 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,802 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,410 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.