About block 957,338
Bitcoin block 957,338 was mined by SpiderPool on July 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM UTC, 8 min 16 s after block 957,337. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,489 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 957,338 is number 1,755 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 261 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,662 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. SpiderPool found 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,203 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.