About block 957,406
Bitcoin block 957,406 was mined by AntPool on July 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM UTC, 42 min 8 s after block 957,405. 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 4,220 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0549 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1799 BTC for this block.
Block 957,406 is number 1,823 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 193 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,594 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,112 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.