About block 956,815
Bitcoin block 956,815 was mined by ViaBTC on July 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM UTC, 10 min 48 s after block 956,814. 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 5,429 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 956,815 is number 1,232 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 784 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,185 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,972 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.