About block 957,445
Bitcoin block 957,445 was mined by F2Pool on July 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM UTC, 3 min 26 s after block 957,444. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,899 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% 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 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 957,445 is number 1,862 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 154 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,555 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 17,063 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.