About block 956,202
Bitcoin block 956,202 was mined by F2Pool on July 1, 2026 at 11:20 AM UTC, 6 min 47 s after block 956,201. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,047 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 956,202 is number 619 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,397 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,798 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 178 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,680 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.