About block 957,226
Bitcoin block 957,226 was mined by AntPool on July 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM UTC, 10 min 46 s after block 957,225. 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 4,354 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0314 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1564 BTC for this block.
Block 957,226 is number 1,643 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 373 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,774 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,372 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.