About block 956,349
Bitcoin block 956,349 was mined by SECPOOL on July 2, 2026 at 11:34 AM UTC, 3 seconds after block 956,348. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,378 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0256 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1506 BTC for this block.
Block 956,349 is number 766 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,250 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,651 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,523 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.