About block 957,659
Bitcoin block 957,659 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 5:12 AM UTC, 9 min 2 s after block 957,658. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,119 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0098 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1348 BTC for this block.
Block 957,659 is number 60 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,956 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,341 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 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,755 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.