About block 957,993
Bitcoin block 957,993 was mined by F2Pool on July 14, 2026 at 10:56 AM UTC, 7 seconds after block 957,992. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,270 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0051 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1301 BTC for this block.
Block 957,993 is number 394 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,622 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,007 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 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,265 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.