About block 955,997
Bitcoin block 955,997 was mined by SpiderPool on June 30, 2026 at 1:01 AM UTC, 15 min 35 s after block 955,996. 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 3,524 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0253 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1503 BTC for this block.
Block 955,997 is number 414 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,602 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,003 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. SpiderPool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,970 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.