About block 956,363
Bitcoin block 956,363 was mined by SpiderPool on July 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM UTC, 7 min 26 s after block 956,362. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,199 transactions in 1.71 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 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 956,363 is number 780 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,236 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,637 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 18,508 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.