About block 957,480
Bitcoin block 957,480 was mined by AntPool on July 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM UTC, 4 min 42 s after block 957,479. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,261 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0367 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1617 BTC for this block.
Block 957,480 is number 1,897 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 119 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,520 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 17,010 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.