About block 957,660
Bitcoin block 957,660 was mined by SECPOOL on July 12, 2026 at 5:20 AM UTC, 8 min 0 s after block 957,659. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,822 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0101 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1351 BTC for this block.
Block 957,660 is number 61 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,955 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,340 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. SECPOOL found 34 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,754 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.