About block 957,896
Bitcoin block 957,896 was mined by F2Pool on July 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM UTC, 9 min 32 s after block 957,895. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,362 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 957,896 is number 297 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,719 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,104 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. F2Pool found 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,399 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.