About block 957,988
Bitcoin block 957,988 was mined by F2Pool on July 14, 2026 at 10:31 AM UTC, 4 min 41 s after block 957,987. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,909 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% 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 0.0094 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1344 BTC for this block.
Block 957,988 is number 389 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,627 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,012 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 16,275 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.