About block 959,870
Bitcoin block 959,870 was mined by F2Pool on July 27, 2026 at 6:23 PM UTC, 1 min 20 s after block 959,869. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,871 transactions in 1.52 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 0.0073 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1323 BTC for this block.
Block 959,870 is number 255 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,761 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,130 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 13,656 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.