About block 957,299
Bitcoin block 957,299 was mined by ViaBTC on July 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM UTC, 1 min 22 s after block 957,298. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,722 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0061 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1311 BTC for this block.
Block 957,299 is number 1,716 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 300 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,701 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 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,256 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.