About block 957,961
Bitcoin block 957,961 was mined by ViaBTC on July 14, 2026 at 5:58 AM UTC, 4 min 5 s after block 957,960. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,323 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 957,961 is number 362 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,654 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,039 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 16,309 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.