About block 957,994
Bitcoin block 957,994 was mined by F2Pool on July 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM UTC, 7 min 37 s after block 957,993. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,144 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 957,994 is number 395 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,621 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,006 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 16,264 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.