About block 956,971
Bitcoin block 956,971 was mined by ViaBTC on July 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM UTC, 2 min 44 s after block 956,970. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,917 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 956,971 is number 1,388 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 628 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,029 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,728 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.