About block 956,021
Bitcoin block 956,021 was mined by Unknown on June 30, 2026 at 4:19 AM UTC, 19 min 25 s after block 956,020. 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 2,692 transactions in 1.28 MB (78.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 956,021 is number 438 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,578 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,979 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,943 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.