About block 956,978
Bitcoin block 956,978 was mined by F2Pool on July 7, 2026 at 2:16 AM UTC, 12 min 12 s after block 956,977. 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 5,238 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 956,978 is number 1,395 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 621 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,022 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 17,711 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.