About block 956,203
Bitcoin block 956,203 was mined by ViaBTC on July 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM UTC, 3 min 27 s after block 956,202. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,830 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 956,203 is number 620 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,396 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,797 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 102 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,679 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.