About block 957,522
Bitcoin block 957,522 was mined by AntPool on July 11, 2026 at 4:46 AM UTC, 1 min 33 s after block 957,521. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,907 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0094 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1344 BTC for this block.
Block 957,522 is number 1,939 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 77 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,478 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,950 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.