About block 957,608
Bitcoin block 957,608 was mined by F2Pool on July 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM UTC, 10 min 5 s after block 957,607. 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 3,670 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0173 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1423 BTC for this block.
Block 957,608 is number 9 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 2,007 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,392 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 16,838 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.