About block 957,423
Bitcoin block 957,423 was mined by SECPOOL on July 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM UTC, 9 min 50 s after block 957,422. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,509 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 957,423 is number 1,840 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 176 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,577 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,092 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.