About block 956,576
Bitcoin block 956,576 was mined by SECPOOL on July 4, 2026 at 2:06 AM UTC, 3 min 9 s after block 956,575. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,486 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 956,576 is number 993 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,023 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,424 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 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,286 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.