About block 958,842
Bitcoin block 958,842 was mined by F2Pool on July 20, 2026 at 7:48 AM UTC, 15 min 23 s after block 958,841. 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 3,823 transactions in 1.54 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 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 958,842 is number 1,243 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 773 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,158 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,016 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.