About block 956,456
Bitcoin block 956,456 was mined by SECPOOL on July 3, 2026 at 6:18 AM UTC, 4 min 22 s after block 956,455. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,045 transactions in 1.89 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 956,456 is number 873 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,143 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,544 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,411 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.