About block 956,071
Bitcoin block 956,071 was mined by F2Pool on June 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM UTC, 27 min 23 s after block 956,070. 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 4,277 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0641 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1891 BTC for this block.
Block 956,071 is number 488 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,528 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,929 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 175 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,887 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.