About block 956,724
Bitcoin block 956,724 was mined by SpiderPool on July 5, 2026 at 1:05 AM UTC, 30 min 3 s after block 956,723. 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 3,774 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0270 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1520 BTC for this block.
Block 956,724 is number 1,141 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 875 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,276 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 18,101 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.