About block 956,736
Bitcoin block 956,736 was mined by ViaBTC on July 5, 2026 at 4:35 AM UTC, 35 min 22 s after block 956,735. 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 4,296 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0257 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1507 BTC for this block.
Block 956,736 is number 1,153 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 863 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,264 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 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,082 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.