About block 959,317
Bitcoin block 959,317 was mined by F2Pool on July 23, 2026 at 10:42 PM UTC, 5 min 37 s after block 959,316. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,040 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 959,317 is number 1,718 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 298 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,683 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 14,339 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.