About block 957,304
Bitcoin block 957,304 was mined by Luxor on July 9, 2026 at 12:19 PM UTC, 5 min 23 s after block 957,303. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,555 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 957,304 is number 1,721 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 295 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,696 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Luxor found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,251 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.