About block 957,874
Bitcoin block 957,874 was mined by ViaBTC on July 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM UTC, 1 min 18 s after block 957,873. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,428 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% 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 0.0095 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1345 BTC for this block.
Block 957,874 is number 275 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,741 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,126 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 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,429 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.