About block 959,142
Bitcoin block 959,142 was mined by F2Pool on July 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM UTC, 4 min 47 s after block 959,141. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,298 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 959,142 is number 1,543 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 473 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,858 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 176 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,583 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.