About block 956,229
Bitcoin block 956,229 was mined by SpiderPool on July 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM UTC, 9 min 33 s after block 956,228. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,198 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0364 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1614 BTC for this block.
Block 956,229 is number 646 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,370 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,771 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. SpiderPool found 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,652 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.