About block 956,372
Bitcoin block 956,372 was mined by SpiderPool on July 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC, 11 min 7 s after block 956,371. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,721 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0568 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1818 BTC for this block.
Block 956,372 is number 789 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,227 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,628 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. SpiderPool found 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,499 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.