About block 956,718
Bitcoin block 956,718 was mined by F2Pool on July 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC, 9 min 3 s after block 956,717. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,279 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 956,718 is number 1,135 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 881 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,282 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 178 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,112 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.