About block 957,853
Bitcoin block 957,853 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 11:57 AM UTC, 31 min 16 s after block 957,852. 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 4,408 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0384 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1634 BTC for this block.
Block 957,853 is number 254 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,762 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,147 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,460 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.