About block 956,269
Bitcoin block 956,269 was mined by Binance Pool on July 1, 2026 at 9:51 PM UTC, 12 min 20 s after block 956,268. 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 3,863 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0337 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1587 BTC for this block.
Block 956,269 is number 686 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,330 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,731 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. Binance Pool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,609 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.