About block 957,964
Bitcoin block 957,964 was mined by AntPool on July 14, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC, 22 min 34 s after block 957,963. 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 3,452 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 957,964 is number 365 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,651 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,036 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,306 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.