About block 957,862
Bitcoin block 957,862 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM UTC, 4 min 44 s after block 957,861. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,829 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 957,862 is number 263 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,753 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,138 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,446 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.