About block 956,440
Bitcoin block 956,440 was mined by SpiderPool on July 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM UTC, 5 min 41 s after block 956,439. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,873 transactions in 1.89 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 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 956,440 is number 857 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,159 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,560 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 18,427 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.