About block 956,023
Bitcoin block 956,023 was mined by F2Pool on June 30, 2026 at 4:40 AM UTC, 11 min 31 s after block 956,022. 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 5,040 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% 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 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 956,023 is number 440 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,576 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,977 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. F2Pool found 174 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,941 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.