About block 956,418
Bitcoin block 956,418 was mined by F2Pool on July 3, 2026 at 12:24 AM UTC, 7 min 5 s after block 956,417. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,234 transactions in 1.83 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 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 956,418 is number 835 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,181 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,582 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 18,449 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.