About block 957,296
Bitcoin block 957,296 was mined by ViaBTC on July 9, 2026 at 11:07 AM UTC, 3 min 37 s after block 957,295. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,046 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 957,296 is number 1,713 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 303 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,704 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 17,266 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.