About block 956,072
Bitcoin block 956,072 was mined by Binance Pool on June 30, 2026 at 12:47 PM UTC, 14 min 24 s after block 956,071. 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 4,204 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0366 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1616 BTC for this block.
Block 956,072 is number 489 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,527 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,928 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. Binance Pool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,886 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.