About block 957,253
Bitcoin block 957,253 was mined by SpiderPool on July 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM UTC, 1 min 15 s after block 957,252. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,933 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0052 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1302 BTC for this block.
Block 957,253 is number 1,670 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 346 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,747 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,327 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.