About block 956,395
Bitcoin block 956,395 was mined by SpiderPool on July 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM UTC, 11 min 28 s after block 956,394. 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 3,488 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0557 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1807 BTC for this block.
Block 956,395 is number 812 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,204 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,605 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 18,475 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.