About block 957,863
Bitcoin block 957,863 was mined by F2Pool on July 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM UTC, 6 min 37 s after block 957,862. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,560 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0267 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1517 BTC for this block.
Block 957,863 is number 264 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,752 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,137 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. F2Pool found 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,445 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.