About block 957,569
Bitcoin block 957,569 was mined by F2Pool on July 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM UTC, 2 min 33 s after block 957,568. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,174 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0073 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1323 BTC for this block.
Block 957,569 is number 1,986 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 30 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,431 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,891 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.