About block 957,486
Bitcoin block 957,486 was mined by SpiderPool on July 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC, 5 min 10 s after block 957,485. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,402 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0257 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1507 BTC for this block.
Block 957,486 is number 1,903 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 113 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,514 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 17,004 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.