About block 956,653
Bitcoin block 956,653 was mined by SpiderPool on July 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 956,652. 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 4,739 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 956,653 is number 1,070 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 946 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,347 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,202 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.