About block 956,843
Bitcoin block 956,843 was mined by SpiderPool on July 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC, 71 min 22 s after block 956,842. 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 4,079 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0683 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1933 BTC for this block.
Block 956,843 is number 1,260 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 756 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,157 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,924 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.