About block 957,223
Bitcoin block 957,223 was mined by F2Pool on July 8, 2026 at 8:22 PM UTC, 2 min 54 s after block 957,222. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,616 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% 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 0.0101 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1351 BTC for this block.
Block 957,223 is number 1,640 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 376 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,777 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. F2Pool found 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,378 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.