About block 956,696
Bitcoin block 956,696 was mined by SpiderPool on July 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM UTC, 1 min 10 s after block 956,695. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,225 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 956,696 is number 1,113 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 903 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,304 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 18,144 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.