About block 957,831
Bitcoin block 957,831 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 9:33 AM UTC, 17 min 50 s after block 957,830. 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 4,692 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 957,831 is number 232 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,784 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,169 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 16,495 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.