About block 956,974
Bitcoin block 956,974 was mined by Binance Pool on July 7, 2026 at 1:47 AM UTC, 30 min 15 s after block 956,973. 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 3,573 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0674 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1924 BTC for this block.
Block 956,974 is number 1,391 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 625 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,026 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. Binance Pool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,722 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.