About block 958,542
Bitcoin block 958,542 was mined by F2Pool on July 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM UTC, 7 min 16 s after block 958,541. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,356 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0203 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1453 BTC for this block.
Block 958,542 is number 943 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,073 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,458 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,467 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.