About block 957,228
Bitcoin block 957,228 was mined by SBI Crypto on July 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM UTC, 5 min 47 s after block 957,227. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,448 transactions in 1.55 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 0.0163 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SBI Crypto earned 3.1413 BTC for this block.
Block 957,228 is number 1,645 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 371 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,772 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. SBI Crypto found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,370 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.