About block 957,721
Bitcoin block 957,721 was mined by F2Pool on July 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC, 7 min 7 s after block 957,720. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,445 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0048 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1298 BTC for this block.
Block 957,721 is number 122 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,894 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,279 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,661 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.