About block 957,606
Bitcoin block 957,606 was mined by AntPool on July 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM UTC, 5 min 28 s after block 957,605. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,738 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% 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 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 957,606 is number 7 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 2,009 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,394 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. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,840 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.