About block 956,016
Bitcoin block 956,016 was mined by F2Pool on June 30, 2026 at 3:45 AM UTC, 10 min 30 s after block 956,015. 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 3,807 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 956,016 is number 433 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,583 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,984 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 18,948 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.