About block 957,271
Bitcoin block 957,271 was mined by SpiderPool on July 9, 2026 at 6:25 AM UTC, 10 min 46 s after block 957,270. 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 5,386 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0247 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1497 BTC for this block.
Block 957,271 is number 1,688 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 328 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,729 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. SpiderPool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,302 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.