About block 957,695
Bitcoin block 957,695 was mined by F2Pool on July 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTC, 13 min 46 s after block 957,694. 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 5,921 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 957,695 is number 96 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,920 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,305 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 16,695 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.