About block 957,685
Bitcoin block 957,685 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM UTC, 3 min 19 s after block 957,684. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,894 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0077 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1327 BTC for this block.
Block 957,685 is number 86 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,930 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,315 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 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,711 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.