About block 957,705
Bitcoin block 957,705 was mined by SpiderPool on July 12, 2026 at 12:50 PM UTC, 3 min 27 s after block 957,704. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,652 transactions in 1.78 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 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 957,705 is number 106 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,910 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,295 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,681 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.