About block 956,717
Bitcoin block 956,717 was mined by SECPOOL on July 4, 2026 at 11:33 PM UTC, 4 min 35 s after block 956,716. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,095 transactions in 1.80 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 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 956,717 is number 1,134 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 882 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,283 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. SECPOOL found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,113 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.