About block 957,425
Bitcoin block 957,425 was mined by AntPool on July 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM UTC, 7 min 7 s after block 957,424. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,919 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 957,425 is number 1,842 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 174 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,575 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,090 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.