About block 957,231
Bitcoin block 957,231 was mined by AntPool on July 8, 2026 at 10:46 PM UTC, 38 min 18 s after block 957,230. 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 3,893 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0416 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1666 BTC for this block.
Block 957,231 is number 1,648 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 368 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,769 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,367 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.