About block 957,324
Bitcoin block 957,324 was mined by F2Pool on July 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM UTC, 2 min 2 s after block 957,323. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,001 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% 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 0.0093 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1343 BTC for this block.
Block 957,324 is number 1,741 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 275 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,676 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,220 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.