About block 956,318
Bitcoin block 956,318 was mined by F2Pool on July 2, 2026 at 5:53 AM UTC, 8 min 5 s after block 956,317. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,746 transactions in 1.46 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 0.0166 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1416 BTC for this block.
Block 956,318 is number 735 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,281 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,682 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 18,555 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.