About block 956,977
Bitcoin block 956,977 was mined by SBI Crypto on July 7, 2026 at 2:04 AM UTC, 7 min 27 s after block 956,976. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,673 transactions in 0.91 MB (56.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SBI Crypto earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 956,977 is number 1,394 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 622 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,023 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. SBI Crypto found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,712 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.