About block 955,638
Bitcoin block 955,638 was mined by SpiderPool on June 27, 2026 at 9:53 AM UTC, 8 min 21 s after block 955,637. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,567 transactions in 1.69 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 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 955,638 is number 55 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,961 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,362 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. SpiderPool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,411 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.