About block 957,434
Bitcoin block 957,434 was mined by SECPOOL on July 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM UTC, 14 min 4 s after block 957,433. 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 3,908 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0327 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1577 BTC for this block.
Block 957,434 is number 1,851 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 165 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,566 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 17,078 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.