About block 957,969
Bitcoin block 957,969 was mined by SpiderPool on July 14, 2026 at 7:21 AM UTC, 5 min 56 s after block 957,968. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,828 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 957,969 is number 370 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,646 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,031 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,296 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.