About block 957,956
Bitcoin block 957,956 was mined by ViaBTC on July 14, 2026 at 5:10 AM UTC, 35 min 4 s after block 957,955. 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 3,739 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0533 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1783 BTC for this block.
Block 957,956 is number 357 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,659 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,044 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 16,318 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.