About block 956,235
Bitcoin block 956,235 was mined by F2Pool on July 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM UTC, 13 min 21 s after block 956,234. 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 3,985 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0447 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1697 BTC for this block.
Block 956,235 is number 652 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,364 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,765 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 18,644 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.