About block 957,438
Bitcoin block 957,438 was mined by AntPool on July 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM UTC, 9 min 44 s after block 957,437. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,266 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% 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 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 957,438 is number 1,855 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 161 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,562 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,074 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.