About block 958,996
Bitcoin block 958,996 was mined by F2Pool on July 21, 2026 at 10:57 AM UTC, 19 min 25 s after block 958,995. 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 4,338 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0313 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1563 BTC for this block.
Block 958,996 is number 1,397 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 619 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,004 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,788 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.