About block 956,864
Bitcoin block 956,864 was mined by ViaBTC on July 6, 2026 at 2:52 AM UTC, 28 min 47 s after block 956,863. 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 4,033 transactions in 1.52 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 0.0301 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1551 BTC for this block.
Block 956,864 is number 1,281 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 735 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,136 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 17,896 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.