About block 956,256
Bitcoin block 956,256 was mined by F2Pool on July 1, 2026 at 7:38 PM UTC, 39 min 8 s after block 956,255. 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 3,651 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0699 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1949 BTC for this block.
Block 956,256 is number 673 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,343 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,744 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 179 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,623 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.