About block 955,973
Bitcoin block 955,973 was mined by F2Pool on June 29, 2026 at 8:35 PM UTC, 23 min 56 s after block 955,972. 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 4,306 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0601 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1851 BTC for this block.
Block 955,973 is number 390 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,626 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,027 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. F2Pool found 174 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,996 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.