About block 956,636
Bitcoin block 956,636 was mined by F2Pool on July 4, 2026 at 10:44 AM UTC, 13 min 38 s after block 956,635. 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 4,026 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 956,636 is number 1,053 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 963 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,364 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 18,221 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.