About block 956,431
Bitcoin block 956,431 was mined by SpiderPool on July 3, 2026 at 2:35 AM UTC, 12 min 41 s after block 956,430. 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 3,536 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 956,431 is number 848 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,168 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,569 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 18,436 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.