About block 957,704
Bitcoin block 957,704 was mined by AntPool on July 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM UTC, 20 min 35 s after block 957,703. 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 4,393 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0263 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1513 BTC for this block.
Block 957,704 is number 105 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,911 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,296 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. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,686 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.