About block 955,972
Bitcoin block 955,972 was mined by NiceHash on June 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM UTC, 9 min 7 s after block 955,971. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,205 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0520 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1770 BTC for this block.
Block 955,972 is number 389 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,627 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,028 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,997 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.