About block 957,272
Bitcoin block 957,272 was mined by F2Pool on July 9, 2026 at 6:34 AM UTC, 9 min 18 s after block 957,271. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,389 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 957,272 is number 1,689 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 327 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,728 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 17,301 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.