About block 956,824
Bitcoin block 956,824 was mined by TrustPool on July 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTC, 19 min 11 s after block 956,823. 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 4,265 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0260 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, TrustPool earned 3.1510 BTC for this block.
Block 956,824 is number 1,241 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 775 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,176 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. TrustPool found 5 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,955 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.