About block 957,262
Bitcoin block 957,262 was mined by F2Pool on July 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM UTC, 48 min 34 s after block 957,261. 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 4,038 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0367 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1617 BTC for this block.
Block 957,262 is number 1,679 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 337 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,738 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. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,311 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.