About block 956,842
Bitcoin block 956,842 was mined by F2Pool on July 5, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC, 1 min 49 s after block 956,841. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,994 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0062 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1312 BTC for this block.
Block 956,842 is number 1,259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,158 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,931 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.