About block 957,918
Bitcoin block 957,918 was mined by AntPool on July 13, 2026 at 11:55 PM UTC, 2 min 51 s after block 957,917. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,238 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0078 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1328 BTC for this block.
Block 957,918 is number 319 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,697 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,082 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 16,371 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.