About block 957,261
Bitcoin block 957,261 was mined by ViaBTC on July 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM UTC, 17 min 29 s after block 957,260. 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 4,953 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 957,261 is number 1,678 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 338 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,739 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 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,316 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.