About block 956,104
Bitcoin block 956,104 was mined by SpiderPool on June 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM UTC, 19 min 0 s after block 956,103. 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 3,866 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0544 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1794 BTC for this block.
Block 956,104 is number 521 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,495 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,896 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 18,853 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.