About block 956,730
Bitcoin block 956,730 was mined by Luxor on July 5, 2026 at 2:07 AM UTC, 14 min 9 s after block 956,729. 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 5,307 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 956,730 is number 1,147 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 869 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,270 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. Luxor found 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,095 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.