About block 956,526
Bitcoin block 956,526 was mined by SECPOOL on July 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM UTC, 18 min 45 s after block 956,525. 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 3,398 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0455 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1705 BTC for this block.
Block 956,526 is number 943 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,073 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,474 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,339 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.