About block 956,296
Bitcoin block 956,296 was mined by SpiderPool on July 2, 2026 at 2:04 AM UTC, 6 min 29 s after block 956,295. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,390 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0294 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1544 BTC for this block.
Block 956,296 is number 713 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,303 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,704 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 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,577 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.