About block 958,898
Bitcoin block 958,898 was mined by F2Pool on July 20, 2026 at 2:58 PM UTC, 17 seconds after block 958,897. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,173 transactions in 1.85 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 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 958,898 is number 1,299 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 717 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,102 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 14,933 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.