About block 956,147
Bitcoin block 956,147 was mined by SpiderPool on July 1, 2026 at 12:29 AM UTC, 5 seconds after block 956,146. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,812 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0051 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1301 BTC for this block.
Block 956,147 is number 564 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,452 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,853 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 18,740 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.