About block 956,261
Bitcoin block 956,261 was mined by SECPOOL on July 1, 2026 at 8:27 PM UTC, 3 min 25 s after block 956,260. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,987 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0246 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1496 BTC for this block.
Block 956,261 is number 678 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,338 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,739 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. SECPOOL found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,618 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.