About block 956,774
Bitcoin block 956,774 was mined by SECPOOL on July 5, 2026 at 10:35 AM UTC, 3 min 13 s after block 956,773. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,878 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 956,774 is number 1,191 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 825 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,226 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,034 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.