About block 957,795
Bitcoin block 957,795 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 3:22 AM UTC, 11 min 52 s after block 957,794. 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 5,243 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% 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 0.0134 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1384 BTC for this block.
Block 957,795 is number 196 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,820 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,205 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,545 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.