About block 957,579
Bitcoin block 957,579 was mined by ViaBTC on July 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM UTC, 50 seconds after block 957,578. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,927 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% 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 0.0055 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1305 BTC for this block.
Block 957,579 is number 1,996 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 20 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,421 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,876 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.