About block 956,762
Bitcoin block 956,762 was mined by SpiderPool on July 5, 2026 at 7:53 AM UTC, 19 min 7 s after block 956,761. 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 4,312 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0236 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1486 BTC for this block.
Block 956,762 is number 1,179 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 837 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,238 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 18,048 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.