About block 957,745
Bitcoin block 957,745 was mined by SpiderPool on July 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM UTC, 4 min 36 s after block 957,744. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,854 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0063 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1313 BTC for this block.
Block 957,745 is number 146 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,870 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,255 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 16,628 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.