About block 957,609
Bitcoin block 957,609 was mined by NiceHash on July 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM UTC, 7 min 2 s after block 957,608. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,571 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 957,609 is number 10 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 2,006 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,391 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,831 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.