About block 957,289
Bitcoin block 957,289 was mined by SpiderPool on July 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM UTC, 4 min 6 s after block 957,288. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,493 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0209 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1459 BTC for this block.
Block 957,289 is number 1,706 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 310 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,711 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,273 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.