About block 956,914
Bitcoin block 956,914 was mined by SpiderPool on July 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM UTC, 38 min 46 s after block 956,913. 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 4,614 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0441 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1691 BTC for this block.
Block 956,914 is number 1,331 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 685 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,086 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 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,821 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.