About block 959,862
Bitcoin block 959,862 was mined by F2Pool on July 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM UTC, 10 min 38 s after block 959,861. 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 3,662 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0288 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1538 BTC for this block.
Block 959,862 is number 247 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,769 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,138 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,666 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.