About block 956,290
Bitcoin block 956,290 was mined by ViaBTC on July 2, 2026 at 12:32 AM UTC, 6 min 33 s after block 956,289. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,197 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 956,290 is number 707 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,309 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,710 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 18,585 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.