About block 957,888
Bitcoin block 957,888 was mined by CloverPool on July 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM UTC, 22 min 31 s after block 957,887. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,152 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0302 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, CloverPool earned 3.1552 BTC for this block.
Block 957,888 is number 289 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,727 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,112 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. CloverPool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,407 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.