About block 956,699
Bitcoin block 956,699 was mined by ViaBTC on July 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM UTC, 3 min 17 s after block 956,698. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,548 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 956,699 is number 1,116 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 900 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,301 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. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,135 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.