About block 956,680
Bitcoin block 956,680 was mined by SpiderPool on July 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM UTC, 18 min 17 s after block 956,679. 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 4,122 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0283 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1533 BTC for this block.
Block 956,680 is number 1,097 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 919 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,320 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 18,169 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.