About block 957,885
Bitcoin block 957,885 was mined by SpiderPool on July 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTC, 3 min 52 s after block 957,884. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,405 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% 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 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 957,885 is number 286 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,730 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,115 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. SpiderPool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,410 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.