About block 958,596
Bitcoin block 958,596 was mined by F2Pool on July 18, 2026 at 6:42 PM UTC, 8 min 15 s after block 958,595. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,698 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 958,596 is number 997 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,019 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,404 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 15,387 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.