About block 957,500
Bitcoin block 957,500 was mined by SpiderPool on July 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC, 9 min 13 s after block 957,499. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,526 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0076 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1326 BTC for this block.
Block 957,500 is number 1,917 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 99 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,500 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 16,986 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.