About block 957,718
Bitcoin block 957,718 was mined by Binance Pool on July 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM UTC, 22 min 14 s after block 957,717. 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 3,992 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0274 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1524 BTC for this block.
Block 957,718 is number 119 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,897 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,282 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. Binance Pool found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,664 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.