About block 957,876
Bitcoin block 957,876 was mined by ViaBTC on July 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC, 8 min 5 s after block 957,875. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,202 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 957,876 is number 277 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,739 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,124 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,427 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.