About block 956,301
Bitcoin block 956,301 was mined by F2Pool on July 2, 2026 at 3:27 AM UTC, 7 min 30 s after block 956,300. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,209 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 956,301 is number 718 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,298 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,699 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 18,572 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.