About block 957,739
Bitcoin block 957,739 was mined by SpiderPool on July 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM UTC, 3 min 52 s after block 957,738. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,196 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0050 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1300 BTC for this block.
Block 957,739 is number 140 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,876 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,261 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. SpiderPool found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,639 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.