About block 958,697
Bitcoin block 958,697 was mined by F2Pool on July 19, 2026 at 7:58 AM UTC, 12 min 53 s after block 958,696. 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 5,642 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0254 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1504 BTC for this block.
Block 958,697 is number 1,098 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 918 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,303 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,241 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.