About block 957,524
Bitcoin block 957,524 was mined by ViaBTC on July 11, 2026 at 5:38 AM UTC, 43 min 1 s after block 957,523. 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 4,170 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0339 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1589 BTC for this block.
Block 957,524 is number 1,941 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 75 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,476 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. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,948 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.