About block 957,448
Bitcoin block 957,448 was mined by AntPool on July 10, 2026 at 4:23 PM UTC, 2 min 26 s after block 957,447. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,767 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 957,448 is number 1,865 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 151 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,552 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. AntPool found 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,060 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.