About block 959,229
Bitcoin block 959,229 was mined by F2Pool on July 23, 2026 at 7:23 AM UTC, 14 min 30 s after block 959,228. 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 5,040 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 959,229 is number 1,630 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 386 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,771 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,459 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.