About block 957,602
Bitcoin block 957,602 was mined by SECPOOL on July 11, 2026 at 8:24 PM UTC, 1 min 46 s after block 957,601. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,936 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0122 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1372 BTC for this block.
Block 957,602 is number 3 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 2,013 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,398 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,844 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.