About block 957,741
Bitcoin block 957,741 was mined by F2Pool on July 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC, 9 min 41 s after block 957,740. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,853 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 957,741 is number 142 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,874 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,259 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,632 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.