About block 957,553
Bitcoin block 957,553 was mined by AntPool on July 11, 2026 at 10:34 AM UTC, 30 min 0 s after block 957,552. 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 4,739 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 957,553 is number 1,970 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 46 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,447 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,914 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.