About block 957,999
Bitcoin block 957,999 was mined by SECPOOL on July 14, 2026 at 11:55 AM UTC, 9 min 23 s after block 957,998. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,873 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 957,999 is number 400 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,616 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,001 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,259 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.