About block 957,643
Bitcoin block 957,643 was mined by Luxor on July 12, 2026 at 3:12 AM UTC, 25 min 34 s after block 957,642. 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 3,755 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0277 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1527 BTC for this block.
Block 957,643 is number 44 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,972 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,357 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. Luxor found 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,786 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.