About block 956,400
Bitcoin block 956,400 was mined by SpiderPool on July 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM UTC, 14 min 25 s after block 956,399. 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 3,404 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0398 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1648 BTC for this block.
Block 956,400 is number 817 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,199 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,600 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 18,469 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.