About block 959,457
Bitcoin block 959,457 was mined by F2Pool on July 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM UTC, 7 min 28 s after block 959,456. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,528 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0370 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1620 BTC for this block.
Block 959,457 is number 1,858 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 158 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,543 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 174 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,138 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.