About block 956,686
Bitcoin block 956,686 was mined by ViaBTC on July 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTC, 35 min 50 s after block 956,685. 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 4,276 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0426 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1676 BTC for this block.
Block 956,686 is number 1,103 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 913 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,314 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. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,163 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.