About block 957,881
Bitcoin block 957,881 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM UTC, 3 min 48 s after block 957,880. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,081 transactions in 1.88 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 957,881 is number 282 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,734 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,119 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 16,422 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.