About block 956,986
Bitcoin block 956,986 was mined by ViaBTC on July 7, 2026 at 3:14 AM UTC, 5 min 2 s after block 956,985. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,757 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0083 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1333 BTC for this block.
Block 956,986 is number 1,403 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 613 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,014 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 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,703 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.