About block 957,236
Bitcoin block 957,236 was mined by F2Pool on July 8, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC, 18 min 31 s after block 957,235. 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 3,731 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% 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 0.0228 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1478 BTC for this block.
Block 957,236 is number 1,653 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 363 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,764 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 17,362 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.