About block 957,689
Bitcoin block 957,689 was mined by F2Pool on July 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM UTC, 20 min 12 s after block 957,688. 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 4,326 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 957,689 is number 90 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,926 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,311 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. F2Pool found 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,707 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.