About block 956,690
Bitcoin block 956,690 was mined by SECPOOL on July 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM UTC, 8 min 52 s after block 956,689. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,506 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 956,690 is number 1,107 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 909 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,310 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,150 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.