About block 957,889
Bitcoin block 957,889 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM UTC, 29 min 25 s after block 957,888. 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 4,060 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0628 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1878 BTC for this block.
Block 957,889 is number 290 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,726 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,111 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,406 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.