About block 956,656
Bitcoin block 956,656 was mined by SECPOOL on July 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM UTC, 7 min 34 s after block 956,655. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,400 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 956,656 is number 1,073 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 943 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,344 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,199 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.