About block 956,898
Bitcoin block 956,898 was mined by F2Pool on July 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM UTC, 54 min 10 s after block 956,897. 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 4,305 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0642 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1892 BTC for this block.
Block 956,898 is number 1,315 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 701 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,102 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 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,846 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.