About block 957,604
Bitcoin block 957,604 was mined by ViaBTC on July 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM UTC, 1 min 35 s after block 957,603. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,946 transactions in 1.69 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 0.0065 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1315 BTC for this block.
Block 957,604 is number 5 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 2,011 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,396 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,842 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.