About block 957,426
Bitcoin block 957,426 was mined by F2Pool on July 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM UTC, 7 min 24 s after block 957,425. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,980 transactions in 1.88 MB (99.9% 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 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 957,426 is number 1,843 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 173 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,574 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,090 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.