About block 957,443
Bitcoin block 957,443 was mined by AntPool on July 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM UTC, 19 min 35 s after block 957,442. 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 3,981 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0408 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1658 BTC for this block.
Block 957,443 is number 1,860 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 156 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,557 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 17,065 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.