About block 956,698
Bitcoin block 956,698 was mined by F2Pool on July 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM UTC, 8 seconds after block 956,697. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,995 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0045 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1295 BTC for this block.
Block 956,698 is number 1,115 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 901 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,302 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 18,142 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.