About block 957,823
Bitcoin block 957,823 was mined by ViaBTC on July 13, 2026 at 8:15 AM UTC, 13 min 35 s after block 957,822. 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 4,431 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 957,823 is number 224 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,792 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,177 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,507 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.