About block 956,231
Bitcoin block 956,231 was mined by F2Pool on July 1, 2026 at 3:32 PM UTC, 3 min 10 s after block 956,230. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,945 transactions in 1.73 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 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 956,231 is number 648 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,368 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,769 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 179 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,648 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.