About block 956,641
Bitcoin block 956,641 was mined by SpiderPool on July 4, 2026 at 11:31 AM UTC, 7 min 28 s after block 956,640. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,245 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 956,641 is number 1,058 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 958 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,359 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. SpiderPool found 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,214 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.