About block 956,243
Bitcoin block 956,243 was mined by SECPOOL on July 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM UTC, 1 min 47 s after block 956,242. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,124 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% 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 0.0123 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1373 BTC for this block.
Block 956,243 is number 660 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,356 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,757 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. SECPOOL found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,636 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.