About block 956,416
Bitcoin block 956,416 was mined by F2Pool on July 3, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC, 15 min 52 s after block 956,415. 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 3,330 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0341 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1591 BTC for this block.
Block 956,416 is number 833 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,183 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,584 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 177 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,451 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.