About block 957,869
Bitcoin block 957,869 was mined by F2Pool on July 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM UTC, 16 seconds after block 957,868. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,446 transactions in 1.38 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0047 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1297 BTC for this block.
Block 957,869 is number 270 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,746 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,131 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 16,439 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.