About block 956,850
Bitcoin block 956,850 was mined by ViaBTC on July 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM UTC, 23 min 5 s after block 956,849. 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 4,370 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0238 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1488 BTC for this block.
Block 956,850 is number 1,267 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 749 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,150 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. ViaBTC found 104 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,917 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.