About block 959,020
Bitcoin block 959,020 was mined by F2Pool on July 21, 2026 at 2:56 PM UTC, 31 min 4 s after block 959,019. 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 3,848 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0541 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1791 BTC for this block.
Block 959,020 is number 1,421 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 595 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,980 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 14,751 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.