About block 956,738
Bitcoin block 956,738 was mined by ViaBTC on July 5, 2026 at 4:47 AM UTC, 4 min 58 s after block 956,737. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,950 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0111 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1361 BTC for this block.
Block 956,738 is number 1,155 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 861 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,262 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,080 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.