About block 957,258
Bitcoin block 957,258 was mined by SECPOOL on July 9, 2026 at 3:52 AM UTC, 12 min 30 s after block 957,257. 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 5,576 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0154 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1404 BTC for this block.
Block 957,258 is number 1,675 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 341 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,742 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,322 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.