About block 957,693
Bitcoin block 957,693 was mined by F2Pool on July 12, 2026 at 10:57 AM UTC, 19 min 14 s after block 957,692. 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 5,243 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 957,693 is number 94 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,922 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,307 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 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,697 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.