About block 957,555
Bitcoin block 957,555 was mined by F2Pool on July 11, 2026 at 11:05 AM UTC, 25 min 58 s after block 957,554. 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 4,848 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% 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 0.0302 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1552 BTC for this block.
Block 957,555 is number 1,972 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 44 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,445 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,912 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.