About block 956,630
Bitcoin block 956,630 was mined by Luxor on July 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM UTC, 3 min 58 s after block 956,629. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,548 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 956,630 is number 1,047 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 969 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,370 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. Luxor found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,227 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.