About block 957,656
Bitcoin block 957,656 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 4:52 AM UTC, 9 min 55 s after block 957,655. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,995 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 957,656 is number 57 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,959 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,344 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,765 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.