About block 957,697
Bitcoin block 957,697 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM UTC, 1 min 18 s after block 957,696. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,829 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 957,697 is number 98 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,918 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,303 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 16,693 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.