About block 957,356
Bitcoin block 957,356 was mined by ViaBTC on July 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM UTC, 9 min 55 s after block 957,355. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,910 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 957,356 is number 1,773 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 243 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,644 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. ViaBTC found 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,181 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.