About block 956,675
Bitcoin block 956,675 was mined by ViaBTC on July 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM UTC, 3 min 14 s after block 956,674. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,713 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 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 956,675 is number 1,092 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 924 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,325 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. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,174 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.