About block 956,955
Bitcoin block 956,955 was mined by F2Pool on July 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC, 3 min 23 s after block 956,954. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,903 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 8.00 sat/vB, down from 11.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1016 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.2266 BTC for this block.
Block 956,955 is number 1,372 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 644 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,045 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 17,750 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.