About block 957,742
Bitcoin block 957,742 was mined by ViaBTC on July 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM UTC, 32 min 15 s after block 957,741. 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 4,233 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0449 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1699 BTC for this block.
Block 957,742 is number 143 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,873 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,258 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,631 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.