About block 957,914
Bitcoin block 957,914 was mined by ViaBTC on July 13, 2026 at 11:09 PM UTC, 10 min 45 s after block 957,913. 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 3,866 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 957,914 is number 315 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,701 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,086 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. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,375 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.