About block 956,856
Bitcoin block 956,856 was mined by SECPOOL on July 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM UTC, 2 min 37 s after block 956,855. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,015 transactions in 1.81 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 0.0081 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1331 BTC for this block.
Block 956,856 is number 1,273 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 743 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,144 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,905 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.