About block 957,963
Bitcoin block 957,963 was mined by AntPool on July 14, 2026 at 6:37 AM UTC, 12 min 45 s after block 957,962. 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 4,205 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 957,963 is number 364 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,652 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,037 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,307 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.