About block 957,826
Bitcoin block 957,826 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM UTC, 12 min 2 s after block 957,825. 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 5,278 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 957,826 is number 227 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,789 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,174 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,500 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.