About block 956,654
Bitcoin block 956,654 was mined by Luxor on July 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM UTC, 9 min 4 s after block 956,653. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,501 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 956,654 is number 1,071 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 945 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,346 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 18,201 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.