About block 956,460
Bitcoin block 956,460 was mined by SpiderPool on July 3, 2026 at 6:59 AM UTC, 2 min 16 s after block 956,459. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,649 transactions in 1.48 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 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 956,460 is number 877 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,139 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,540 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 18,407 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.