About block 956,789
Bitcoin block 956,789 was mined by SECPOOL on July 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM UTC, 9 min 33 s after block 956,788. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,597 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 956,789 is number 1,206 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 810 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,211 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. SECPOOL found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,014 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.