About block 956,879
Bitcoin block 956,879 was mined by F2Pool on July 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM UTC, 4 min 3 s after block 956,878. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,096 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 956,879 is number 1,296 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 720 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,121 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 17,875 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.