About block 957,997
Bitcoin block 957,997 was mined by F2Pool on July 14, 2026 at 11:41 AM UTC, 13 min 50 s after block 957,996. 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 4,849 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0209 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1459 BTC for this block.
Block 957,997 is number 398 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,618 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,003 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 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,261 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.