About block 956,582
Bitcoin block 956,582 was mined by SpiderPool on July 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM UTC, 1 min 4 s after block 956,581. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,955 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0061 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1311 BTC for this block.
Block 956,582 is number 999 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,017 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,418 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. SpiderPool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,279 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.