About block 957,871
Bitcoin block 957,871 was mined by ViaBTC on July 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM UTC, 18 min 2 s after block 957,870. 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 4,418 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0404 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1654 BTC for this block.
Block 957,871 is number 272 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,744 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,129 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,437 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.