About block 957,455
Bitcoin block 957,455 was mined by WhitePool on July 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM UTC, 30 min 35 s after block 957,454. 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 4,142 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0757 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.2007 BTC for this block.
Block 957,455 is number 1,872 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 144 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,545 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. WhitePool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,046 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.