About block 958,222
Bitcoin block 958,222 was mined by F2Pool on July 16, 2026 at 2:14 AM UTC, 35 min 32 s after block 958,221. 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 3,998 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0504 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1754 BTC for this block.
Block 958,222 is number 623 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,393 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,778 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 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,953 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.