About block 957,858
Bitcoin block 957,858 was mined by F2Pool on July 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM UTC, 37 min 17 s after block 957,857. 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 4,416 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0495 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1745 BTC for this block.
Block 957,858 is number 259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,142 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,455 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.