About block 957,603
Bitcoin block 957,603 was mined by F2Pool on July 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM UTC, 1 min 52 s after block 957,602. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,581 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 957,603 is number 4 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 2,012 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,397 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 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,843 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.