About block 956,778
Bitcoin block 956,778 was mined by SpiderPool on July 5, 2026 at 11:07 AM UTC, 6 min 42 s after block 956,777. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,280 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 956,778 is number 1,195 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 821 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,222 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 18,030 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.