About block 957,675
Bitcoin block 957,675 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM UTC, 18 min 55 s after block 957,674. 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 4,534 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 957,675 is number 76 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,940 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,325 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 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,730 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.