About block 956,523
Bitcoin block 956,523 was mined by SpiderPool on July 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM UTC, 17 min 18 s after block 956,522. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,031 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0359 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1609 BTC for this block.
Block 956,523 is number 940 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,076 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,477 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 18,342 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.