About block 959,998
Bitcoin block 959,998 was mined by F2Pool on July 28, 2026 at 4:16 PM UTC, 3 min 45 s after block 959,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,551 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 959,998 is number 383 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,633 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,002 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 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,504 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.