About block 956,635
Bitcoin block 956,635 was mined by SECPOOL on July 4, 2026 at 10:31 AM UTC, 26 min 45 s after block 956,634. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,487 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0334 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1584 BTC for this block.
Block 956,635 is number 1,052 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 964 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,365 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,222 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.