About block 957,644
Bitcoin block 957,644 was mined by SpiderPool on July 12, 2026 at 3:18 AM UTC, 6 min 30 s after block 957,643. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,040 transactions in 1.55 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 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 957,644 is number 45 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,971 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,356 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. SpiderPool found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,785 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.