About block 957,297
Bitcoin block 957,297 was mined by SpiderPool on July 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM UTC, 11 min 9 s after block 957,296. 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 5,993 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 957,297 is number 1,714 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 302 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,703 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 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,258 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.