About block 957,724
Bitcoin block 957,724 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 3:51 PM UTC, 17 min 12 s after block 957,723. 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 4,876 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0220 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1470 BTC for this block.
Block 957,724 is number 125 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,891 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,276 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 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,658 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.