About block 957,639
Bitcoin block 957,639 was mined by AntPool on July 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM UTC, 27 min 55 s after block 957,638. 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 4,073 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0264 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1514 BTC for this block.
Block 957,639 is number 40 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,976 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,361 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,790 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.