About block 956,711
Bitcoin block 956,711 was mined by F2Pool on July 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM UTC, 1 min 32 s after block 956,710. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,560 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 956,711 is number 1,128 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 888 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,289 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 178 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,119 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.