About block 957,945
Bitcoin block 957,945 was mined by AntPool on July 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM UTC, 2 min 35 s after block 957,944. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,740 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 957,945 is number 346 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,670 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,055 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,329 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.