About block 957,861
Bitcoin block 957,861 was mined by SECPOOL on July 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM UTC, 21 min 2 s after block 957,860. 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 4,323 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0411 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1661 BTC for this block.
Block 957,861 is number 262 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,754 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,139 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,447 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.