About block 957,912
Bitcoin block 957,912 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM UTC, 9 min 39 s after block 957,911. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,121 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% 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 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 957,912 is number 313 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,703 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,088 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,377 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.