About block 957,738
Bitcoin block 957,738 was mined by AntPool on July 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM UTC, 5 min 58 s after block 957,737. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,597 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 957,738 is number 139 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,877 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,262 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,640 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.