About block 957,762
Bitcoin block 957,762 was mined by AntPool on July 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTC, 4 min 23 s after block 957,761. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,196 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 957,762 is number 163 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,853 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,238 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. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,607 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.