About block 956,165
Bitcoin block 956,165 was mined by NiceHash on July 1, 2026 at 4:16 AM UTC, 3 min 8 s after block 956,164. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,609 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0091 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1341 BTC for this block.
Block 956,165 is number 582 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,434 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,835 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,720 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.