About block 956,280
Bitcoin block 956,280 was mined by SpiderPool on July 1, 2026 at 11:36 PM UTC, 8 min 31 s after block 956,279. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,678 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% 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 0.0185 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1435 BTC for this block.
Block 956,280 is number 697 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,319 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,720 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. SpiderPool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,595 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.