About block 957,998
Bitcoin block 957,998 was mined by ViaBTC on July 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM UTC, 4 min 8 s after block 957,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,223 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% 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 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 957,998 is number 399 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,617 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,002 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,260 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.