About block 956,361
Bitcoin block 956,361 was mined by SpiderPool on July 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM UTC, 4 min 28 s after block 956,360. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,090 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 956,361 is number 778 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,238 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,639 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 18,510 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.