About block 957,201
Bitcoin block 957,201 was mined by ViaBTC on July 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM UTC, 3 min 33 s after block 957,200. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,536 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 957,201 is number 1,618 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 398 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,799 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,406 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.