About block 957,665
Bitcoin block 957,665 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 6:13 AM UTC, 9 min 27 s after block 957,664. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,843 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 957,665 is number 66 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,950 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,335 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 16,749 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.