About block 956,663
Bitcoin block 956,663 was mined by F2Pool on July 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM UTC, 52 seconds after block 956,662. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,839 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 956,663 is number 1,080 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 936 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,337 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 18,190 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.