About block 957,617
Bitcoin block 957,617 was mined by AntPool on July 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM UTC, 12 min 50 s after block 957,616. 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 4,956 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 957,617 is number 18 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,998 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,383 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,823 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.