About block 957,679
Bitcoin block 957,679 was mined by AntPool on July 12, 2026 at 9:03 AM UTC, 35 min 37 s after block 957,678. 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 4,401 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0295 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1545 BTC for this block.
Block 957,679 is number 80 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,936 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,321 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. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,726 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.