About block 956,719
Bitcoin block 956,719 was mined by SpiderPool on July 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM UTC, 12 min 19 s after block 956,718. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,273 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 956,719 is number 1,136 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 880 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,281 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. SpiderPool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,111 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.