About block 957,563
Bitcoin block 957,563 was mined by F2Pool on July 11, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTC, 9 min 13 s after block 957,562. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,099 transactions in 1.83 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 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 957,563 is number 1,980 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 36 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,437 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,897 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.