About block 956,055
Bitcoin block 956,055 was mined by SpiderPool on June 30, 2026 at 9:45 AM UTC, 13 min 23 s after block 956,054. 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 4,300 transactions in 1.95 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 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 956,055 is number 472 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,544 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,945 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 18,905 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.