About block 957,301
Bitcoin block 957,301 was mined by AntPool on July 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC, 13 min 43 s after block 957,300. 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 5,260 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0218 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1468 BTC for this block.
Block 957,301 is number 1,718 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 298 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,699 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,254 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.