About block 957,357
Bitcoin block 957,357 was mined by WhitePool on July 9, 2026 at 10:38 PM UTC, 1 min 2 s after block 957,356. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,320 transactions in 2.00 MB (99.8% 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 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 957,357 is number 1,774 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 242 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,643 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. WhitePool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,174 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.