About block 956,293
Bitcoin block 956,293 was mined by Binance Pool on July 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC, 6 min 31 s after block 956,292. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,186 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0106 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1356 BTC for this block.
Block 956,293 is number 710 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,306 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,707 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. Binance Pool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,580 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.