About block 958,972
Bitcoin block 958,972 was mined by F2Pool on July 21, 2026 at 5:06 AM UTC, 1 min 44 s after block 958,971. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,060 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0057 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1307 BTC for this block.
Block 958,972 is number 1,373 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 643 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,028 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,818 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.