About block 956,306
Bitcoin block 956,306 was mined by F2Pool on July 2, 2026 at 4:13 AM UTC, 13 min 0 s after block 956,305. 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 4,613 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 956,306 is number 723 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,293 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,694 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 18,567 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.