About block 957,312
Bitcoin block 957,312 was mined by F2Pool on July 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM UTC, 13 min 25 s after block 957,311. 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 4,363 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0423 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1673 BTC for this block.
Block 957,312 is number 1,729 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 287 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,688 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. F2Pool found 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,239 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.