About block 956,964
Bitcoin block 956,964 was mined by ViaBTC on July 7, 2026 at 12:11 AM UTC, 28 min 27 s after block 956,963. 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 3,821 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0931 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2181 BTC for this block.
Block 956,964 is number 1,381 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 635 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,036 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 23 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,735 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.