About block 957,396
Bitcoin block 957,396 was mined by SECPOOL on July 10, 2026 at 6:08 AM UTC, 8 min 26 s after block 957,395. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,947 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 957,396 is number 1,813 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 203 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,604 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 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,125 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.