About block 956,950
Bitcoin block 956,950 was mined by ViaBTC on July 6, 2026 at 7:58 PM UTC, 52 min 59 s after block 956,949. 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 3,859 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 8.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1016 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2266 BTC for this block.
Block 956,950 is number 1,367 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 649 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,050 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 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,760 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.