About block 956,407
Bitcoin block 956,407 was mined by SpiderPool on July 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM UTC, 1 min 52 s after block 956,406. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,710 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0087 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1337 BTC for this block.
Block 956,407 is number 824 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,192 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,593 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 18,462 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.