About block 956,115
Bitcoin block 956,115 was mined by ViaBTC on June 30, 2026 at 8:48 PM UTC, 16 min 8 s after block 956,114. 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 3,276 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0452 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1702 BTC for this block.
Block 956,115 is number 532 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,484 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,885 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,840 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.