About block 959,688
Bitcoin block 959,688 was mined by F2Pool on July 26, 2026 at 11:11 AM UTC, 19 min 42 s after block 959,687. 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 4,753 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 959,688 is number 73 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,943 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,312 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 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,820 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.