About block 957,344
Bitcoin block 957,344 was mined by SECPOOL on July 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM UTC, 5 min 6 s after block 957,343. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,266 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% 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 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 957,344 is number 1,761 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 255 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,656 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 17,197 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.