About block 957,453
Bitcoin block 957,453 was mined by F2Pool on July 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM UTC, 7 min 14 s after block 957,452. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,254 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 957,453 is number 1,870 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 146 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,547 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,048 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.