About block 956,488
Bitcoin block 956,488 was mined by SpiderPool on July 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM UTC, 3 min 25 s after block 956,487. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,468 transactions in 1.69 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 0.0147 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1397 BTC for this block.
Block 956,488 is number 905 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,111 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,512 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 18,379 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.