About block 957,696
Bitcoin block 957,696 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM UTC, 4 min 48 s after block 957,695. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,755 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1369 BTC for this block.
Block 957,696 is number 97 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,919 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,304 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 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,694 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.