About block 956,744
Bitcoin block 956,744 was mined by SpiderPool on July 5, 2026 at 5:37 AM UTC, 27 min 7 s after block 956,743. 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 4,367 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0175 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1425 BTC for this block.
Block 956,744 is number 1,161 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 855 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,256 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 18,074 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.