About block 957,916
Bitcoin block 957,916 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM UTC, 30 min 37 s after block 957,915. 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 4,094 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0293 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1543 BTC for this block.
Block 957,916 is number 317 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,699 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,084 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 16,373 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.