About block 957,436
Bitcoin block 957,436 was mined by F2Pool on July 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM UTC, 10 min 56 s after block 957,435. 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 4,695 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 957,436 is number 1,853 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 163 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,564 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 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,076 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.