About block 959,042
Bitcoin block 959,042 was mined by F2Pool on July 21, 2026 at 6:33 PM UTC, 9 min 37 s after block 959,041. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,883 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0310 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1560 BTC for this block.
Block 959,042 is number 1,443 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 573 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,958 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 14,721 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.