About block 956,288
Bitcoin block 956,288 was mined by Binance Pool on July 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM UTC, 14 min 31 s after block 956,287. 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 5,163 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 956,288 is number 705 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,311 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,712 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 18,587 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.