About block 957,800
Bitcoin block 957,800 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 4:04 AM UTC, 11 min 53 s after block 957,799. 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 4,945 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 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 957,800 is number 201 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,815 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,200 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 16,540 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.