About block 957,238
Bitcoin block 957,238 was mined by AntPool on July 9, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC, 11 min 21 s after block 957,237. 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 4,005 transactions in 1.69 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 0.0203 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1453 BTC for this block.
Block 957,238 is number 1,655 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 361 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,762 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 17,350 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.