About block 956,219
Bitcoin block 956,219 was mined by ViaBTC on July 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM UTC, 39 min 4 s after block 956,218. 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 3,870 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0683 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1933 BTC for this block.
Block 956,219 is number 636 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,380 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,781 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 103 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,662 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.