About block 956,535
Bitcoin block 956,535 was mined by Binance Pool on July 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM UTC, 11 min 21 s after block 956,534. 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 3,348 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0263 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1513 BTC for this block.
Block 956,535 is number 952 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,064 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,465 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 18,330 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.