About block 957,293
Bitcoin block 957,293 was mined by ViaBTC on July 9, 2026 at 10:47 AM UTC, 1 min 6 s after block 957,292. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,056 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0060 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1310 BTC for this block.
Block 957,293 is number 1,710 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 306 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,707 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 17,269 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.