About block 957,562
Bitcoin block 957,562 was mined by SpiderPool on July 11, 2026 at 12:03 PM UTC, 21 min 54 s after block 957,561. 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 4,196 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0271 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1521 BTC for this block.
Block 957,562 is number 1,979 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 37 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,438 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. SpiderPool found 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,898 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.