About block 956,542
Bitcoin block 956,542 was mined by SpiderPool on July 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM UTC, 7 min 13 s after block 956,541. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,954 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0047 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1297 BTC for this block.
Block 956,542 is number 959 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,057 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,458 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 18,323 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.