About block 959,228
Bitcoin block 959,228 was mined by F2Pool on July 23, 2026 at 7:09 AM UTC, 11 min 40 s after block 959,227. 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 5,407 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0156 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1406 BTC for this block.
Block 959,228 is number 1,629 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 387 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,772 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,460 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.