About block 956,505
Bitcoin block 956,505 was mined by SpiderPool on July 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM UTC, 7 min 54 s after block 956,504. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,479 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0253 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1503 BTC for this block.
Block 956,505 is number 922 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,094 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,495 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 18,362 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.