About block 956,694
Bitcoin block 956,694 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on July 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM UTC, 1 min 12 s after block 956,693. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,734 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 956,694 is number 1,111 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 905 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,306 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,146 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.