About block 956,794
Bitcoin block 956,794 was mined by SpiderPool on July 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM UTC, 32 min 11 s after block 956,793. 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 3,965 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1776 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.3026 BTC for this block.
Block 956,794 is number 1,211 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 805 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,206 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 18,009 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.