About block 956,263
Bitcoin block 956,263 was mined by ViaBTC on July 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM UTC, 24 seconds after block 956,262. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,931 transactions in 1.77 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 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 956,263 is number 680 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,336 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,737 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. ViaBTC found 103 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,616 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.