About block 957,463
Bitcoin block 957,463 was mined by AntPool on July 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM UTC, 4 min 25 s after block 957,462. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,372 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 957,463 is number 1,880 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 136 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,537 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,038 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.