About block 956,832
Bitcoin block 956,832 was mined by ViaBTC on July 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM UTC, 2 min 50 s after block 956,831. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,407 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0078 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1328 BTC for this block.
Block 956,832 is number 1,249 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 767 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,168 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 105 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,941 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.