About block 957,401
Bitcoin block 957,401 was mined by F2Pool on July 10, 2026 at 7:48 AM UTC, 37 min 12 s after block 957,400. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,262 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0387 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1637 BTC for this block.
Block 957,401 is number 1,818 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 198 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,599 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. F2Pool found 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,120 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.