About block 957,899
Bitcoin block 957,899 was mined by Foundry USA on July 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM UTC, 7 min 51 s after block 957,898. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,350 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 957,899 is number 300 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,716 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,101 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. Foundry USA found 267 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,393 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.