About block 957,214
Bitcoin block 957,214 was mined by F2Pool on July 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM UTC, 14 min 13 s after block 957,213. 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 4,051 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% 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 0.0279 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1529 BTC for this block.
Block 957,214 is number 1,631 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 385 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,786 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. F2Pool found 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,387 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.