About block 957,846
Bitcoin block 957,846 was mined by ViaBTC on July 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM UTC, 3 min 6 s after block 957,845. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,919 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0065 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1315 BTC for this block.
Block 957,846 is number 247 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,769 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,154 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,472 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.