About block 957,249
Bitcoin block 957,249 was mined by ViaBTC on July 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM UTC, 1 min 29 s after block 957,248. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,489 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0075 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1325 BTC for this block.
Block 957,249 is number 1,666 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 350 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,751 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 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,335 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.