About block 957,343
Bitcoin block 957,343 was mined by AntPool on July 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTC, 14 min 52 s after block 957,342. 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 4,182 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0249 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1499 BTC for this block.
Block 957,343 is number 1,760 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 256 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,657 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,198 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.