About block 957,493
Bitcoin block 957,493 was mined by AntPool on July 11, 2026 at 12:10 AM UTC, 9 min 45 s after block 957,492. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,904 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 957,493 is number 1,910 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 106 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,507 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 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,993 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.