About block 957,640
Bitcoin block 957,640 was mined by SpiderPool on July 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM UTC, 3 min 9 s after block 957,639. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,848 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0081 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1331 BTC for this block.
Block 957,640 is number 41 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,975 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,360 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. SpiderPool found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,789 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.