About block 956,186
Bitcoin block 956,186 was mined by ViaBTC on July 1, 2026 at 7:52 AM UTC, 4 min 29 s after block 956,185. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,369 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 956,186 is number 603 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,413 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,814 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 18,697 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.