About block 958,197
Bitcoin block 958,197 was mined by F2Pool on July 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM UTC, 1 min 39 s after block 958,196. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,531 transactions in 2.46 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 958,197 is number 598 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,418 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,803 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 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,992 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.