About block 957,985
Bitcoin block 957,985 was mined by AntPool on July 14, 2026 at 9:41 AM UTC, 3 min 10 s after block 957,984. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,087 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 957,985 is number 386 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,630 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,015 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 16,278 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.