About block 956,678
Bitcoin block 956,678 was mined by SpiderPool on July 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM UTC, 12 min 25 s after block 956,677. 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 3,997 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 956,678 is number 1,095 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 921 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,322 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,171 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.