About block 957,209
Bitcoin block 957,209 was mined by AntPool on July 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM UTC, 19 min 57 s after block 957,208. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,894 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0381 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1631 BTC for this block.
Block 957,209 is number 1,626 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 390 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,791 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,392 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.