About block 956,221
Bitcoin block 956,221 was mined by F2Pool on July 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM UTC, 17 min 19 s after block 956,220. 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 4,482 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0479 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1729 BTC for this block.
Block 956,221 is number 638 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,378 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,779 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 18,660 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.