About block 956,435
Bitcoin block 956,435 was mined by SpiderPool on July 3, 2026 at 3:15 AM UTC, 11 min 20 s after block 956,434. 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 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0252 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1502 BTC for this block.
Block 956,435 is number 852 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,164 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,565 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 18,432 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.