About block 956,374
Bitcoin block 956,374 was mined by WhitePool on July 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM UTC, 3 min 43 s after block 956,373. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,979 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0496 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1746 BTC for this block.
Block 956,374 is number 791 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,225 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,626 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. WhitePool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,497 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.