About block 956,436
Bitcoin block 956,436 was mined by ViaBTC on July 3, 2026 at 3:20 AM UTC, 4 min 53 s after block 956,435. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,504 transactions in 1.79 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 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 956,436 is number 853 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,163 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,564 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,431 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.