About block 956,238
Bitcoin block 956,238 was mined by SpiderPool on July 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM UTC, 11 min 44 s after block 956,237. 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 3,734 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0228 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1478 BTC for this block.
Block 956,238 is number 655 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,361 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,762 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. SpiderPool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,641 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.