About block 957,872
Bitcoin block 957,872 was mined by Foundry USA on July 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM UTC, 3 min 4 s after block 957,871. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,406 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 957,872 is number 273 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,743 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,128 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. Foundry USA found 267 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,436 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.