About block 957,729
Bitcoin block 957,729 was mined by SECPOOL on July 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM UTC, 17 min 24 s after block 957,728. 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 3,913 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0243 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1493 BTC for this block.
Block 957,729 is number 130 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,886 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,271 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,649 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.