About block 957,362
Bitcoin block 957,362 was mined by ViaBTC on July 10, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC, 3 min 20 s after block 957,361. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,001 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 957,362 is number 1,779 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 237 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,638 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,169 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.