About block 956,867
Bitcoin block 956,867 was mined by F2Pool on July 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM UTC, 2 min 35 s after block 956,866. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,478 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 956,867 is number 1,284 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 732 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,133 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,889 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.