About block 957,631
Bitcoin block 957,631 was mined by AntPool on July 12, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC, 4 min 46 s after block 957,630. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,602 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 957,631 is number 32 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,984 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,369 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,807 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.