About block 956,943
Bitcoin block 956,943 was mined by SECPOOL on July 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM UTC, 3 min 36 s after block 956,942. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,192 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 956,943 is number 1,360 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 656 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,057 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 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,771 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.