About block 956,899
Bitcoin block 956,899 was mined by SECPOOL on July 6, 2026 at 9:10 AM UTC, 6 min 58 s after block 956,898. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,399 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0360 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1610 BTC for this block.
Block 956,899 is number 1,316 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 700 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,101 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 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,845 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.