About block 957,812
Bitcoin block 957,812 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 6:26 AM UTC, 30 min 5 s after block 957,811. 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 4,302 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0253 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1503 BTC for this block.
Block 957,812 is number 213 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,803 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,188 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,524 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.