About block 956,109
Bitcoin block 956,109 was mined by SpiderPool on June 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM UTC, 23 min 6 s after block 956,108. 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 4,191 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0658 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1908 BTC for this block.
Block 956,109 is number 526 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,490 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,891 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 18,848 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.