About block 957,977
Bitcoin block 957,977 was mined by F2Pool on July 14, 2026 at 8:17 AM UTC, 2 min 22 s after block 957,976. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,742 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0081 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1331 BTC for this block.
Block 957,977 is number 378 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,638 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,023 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. F2Pool found 160 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,288 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.