About block 957,605
Bitcoin block 957,605 was mined by SECPOOL on July 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM UTC, 16 min 40 s after block 957,604. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,471 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 957,605 is number 6 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 2,010 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,395 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 16,841 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.