About block 956,734
Bitcoin block 956,734 was mined by F2Pool on July 5, 2026 at 3:35 AM UTC, 9 min 19 s after block 956,733. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,895 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 956,734 is number 1,151 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 865 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,266 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 176 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,091 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.