About block 957,991
Bitcoin block 957,991 was mined by Binance Pool on July 14, 2026 at 10:42 AM UTC, 14 min 20 s after block 957,990. 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 3,742 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0218 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1468 BTC for this block.
Block 957,991 is number 392 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,624 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,009 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. Binance Pool found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,272 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.