About block 957,206
Bitcoin block 957,206 was mined by SpiderPool on July 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM UTC, 5 min 18 s after block 957,205. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,978 transactions in 1.42 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 957,206 is number 1,623 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 393 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,794 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. SpiderPool found 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,395 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.