About block 957,509
Bitcoin block 957,509 was mined by SpiderPool on July 11, 2026 at 1:45 AM UTC, 7 min 29 s after block 957,508. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,801 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0125 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1375 BTC for this block.
Block 957,509 is number 1,926 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 90 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,491 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 16,973 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.