About block 956,676
Bitcoin block 956,676 was mined by SECPOOL on July 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM UTC, 3 min 51 s after block 956,675. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,893 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 956,676 is number 1,093 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 923 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,324 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 18,173 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.