About block 956,772
Bitcoin block 956,772 was mined by SpiderPool on July 5, 2026 at 10:01 AM UTC, 8 min 33 s after block 956,771. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,627 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 956,772 is number 1,189 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 827 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,228 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. SpiderPool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,036 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.