About block 957,772
Bitcoin block 957,772 was mined by F2Pool on July 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM UTC, 3 min 49 s after block 957,771. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,838 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% 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 0.0076 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1326 BTC for this block.
Block 957,772 is number 173 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,843 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,228 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,589 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.