About block 957,978
Bitcoin block 957,978 was mined by F2Pool on July 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM UTC, 27 min 34 s after block 957,977. 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 4,534 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0372 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1622 BTC for this block.
Block 957,978 is number 379 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,637 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,022 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. F2Pool found 160 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,287 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.