About block 957,942
Bitcoin block 957,942 was mined by SpiderPool on July 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM UTC, 9 min 8 s after block 957,941. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,320 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1369 BTC for this block.
Block 957,942 is number 343 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,673 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,058 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. SpiderPool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,335 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.