About block 957,230
Bitcoin block 957,230 was mined by ViaBTC on July 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC, 9 min 39 s after block 957,229. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,703 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% 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 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 957,230 is number 1,647 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 369 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,770 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. ViaBTC found 102 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,368 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.