About block 956,546
Bitcoin block 956,546 was mined by Luxor on July 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM UTC, 4 min 12 s after block 956,545. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,804 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 956,546 is number 963 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,053 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,454 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. Luxor found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,317 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.