About block 956,274
Bitcoin block 956,274 was mined by ViaBTC on July 1, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC, 4 min 48 s after block 956,273. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,800 transactions in 2.00 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 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 956,274 is number 691 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,325 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,726 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 102 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,604 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.