About block 957,649
Bitcoin block 957,649 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 4:06 AM UTC, 14 min 2 s after block 957,648. 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 4,049 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 957,649 is number 50 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,966 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,351 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,772 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.