About block 956,026
Bitcoin block 956,026 was mined by SpiderPool on June 30, 2026 at 5:18 AM UTC, 10 min 14 s after block 956,025. 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 4,687 transactions in 1.55 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 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 956,026 is number 443 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,573 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,974 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 18,938 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.