About block 957,516
Bitcoin block 957,516 was mined by F2Pool on July 11, 2026 at 3:44 AM UTC, 21 min 23 s after block 957,515. 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 4,249 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 957,516 is number 1,933 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 83 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,484 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. F2Pool found 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,956 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.