About block 957,615
Bitcoin block 957,615 was mined by SECPOOL on July 11, 2026 at 9:39 PM UTC, 3 min 10 s after block 957,614. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,699 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 957,615 is number 16 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 2,000 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,385 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 16,825 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.