About block 957,702
Bitcoin block 957,702 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM UTC, 20 min 11 s after block 957,701. 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 4,369 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 957,702 is number 103 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,913 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,298 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 16,688 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.