About block 956,901
Bitcoin block 956,901 was mined by F2Pool on July 6, 2026 at 9:31 AM UTC, 4 min 12 s after block 956,900. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,051 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 956,901 is number 1,318 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 698 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,099 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 17,843 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.