About block 956,883
Bitcoin block 956,883 was mined by F2Pool on July 6, 2026 at 5:16 AM UTC, 19 min 3 s after block 956,882. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,958 transactions in 1.86 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 956,883 is number 1,300 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 716 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,117 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,868 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.