About block 957,485
Bitcoin block 957,485 was mined by AntPool on July 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM UTC, 41 min 36 s after block 957,484. 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 4,371 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0489 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1739 BTC for this block.
Block 957,485 is number 1,902 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 114 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,515 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 17,005 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.