About block 957,965
Bitcoin block 957,965 was mined by ViaBTC on July 14, 2026 at 7:07 AM UTC, 7 min 19 s after block 957,964. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,497 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 957,965 is number 366 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,650 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,035 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 16,305 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.