About block 956,106
Bitcoin block 956,106 was mined by SpiderPool on June 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC, 9 min 35 s after block 956,105. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,563 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0357 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1607 BTC for this block.
Block 956,106 is number 523 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,493 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,894 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 18,851 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.