About block 957,898
Bitcoin block 957,898 was mined by ViaBTC on July 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM UTC, 4 min 59 s after block 957,897. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,210 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 957,898 is number 299 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,717 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,102 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. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,394 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.