About block 957,948
Bitcoin block 957,948 was mined by ViaBTC on July 14, 2026 at 2:56 AM UTC, 27 min 19 s after block 957,947. 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 3,475 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0271 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1521 BTC for this block.
Block 957,948 is number 349 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,667 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,052 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 16,326 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.