About block 956,920
Bitcoin block 956,920 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on July 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM UTC, 6 min 18 s after block 956,919. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,273 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0292 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1542 BTC for this block.
Block 956,920 is number 1,337 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 679 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,080 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,811 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.