About block 957,873
Bitcoin block 957,873 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM UTC, 2 min 54 s after block 957,872. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,093 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0132 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1382 BTC for this block.
Block 957,873 is number 274 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,742 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,127 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 16,430 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.