About block 958,497
Bitcoin block 958,497 was mined by F2Pool on July 18, 2026 at 4:50 AM UTC, 7 min 5 s after block 958,496. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,126 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 958,497 is number 898 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,118 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,503 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 15,538 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.