About block 957,320
Bitcoin block 957,320 was mined by SECPOOL on July 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM UTC, 16 min 4 s after block 957,319. 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 4,473 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 957,320 is number 1,737 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 279 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,680 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. SECPOOL found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,231 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.