About block 958,598
Bitcoin block 958,598 was mined by F2Pool on July 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM UTC, 10 min 25 s after block 958,597. 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 4,569 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 958,598 is number 999 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,017 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,402 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,380 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.