About block 956,521
Bitcoin block 956,521 was mined by Binance Pool on July 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM UTC, 7 min 12 s after block 956,520. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,529 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0267 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1517 BTC for this block.
Block 956,521 is number 938 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,078 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,479 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. Binance Pool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,344 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.