About block 956,161
Bitcoin block 956,161 was mined by F2Pool on July 1, 2026 at 3:39 AM UTC, 3 min 48 s after block 956,160. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,398 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 956,161 is number 578 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,438 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,839 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 178 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,724 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.