About block 957,481
Bitcoin block 957,481 was mined by SpiderPool on July 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC, 17 min 8 s after block 957,480. 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 3,878 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0362 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1612 BTC for this block.
Block 957,481 is number 1,898 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 118 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,519 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. SpiderPool found 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,009 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.