About block 956,959
Bitcoin block 956,959 was mined by SpiderPool on July 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC, 2 min 42 s after block 956,958. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,668 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0658 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1908 BTC for this block.
Block 956,959 is number 1,376 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 640 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,041 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 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,746 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.