About block 957,641
Bitcoin block 957,641 was mined by AntPool on July 12, 2026 at 2:40 AM UTC, 12 min 29 s after block 957,640. 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 3,985 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 957,641 is number 42 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,974 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,359 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,788 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.