About block 960,257
Bitcoin block 960,257 was mined by F2Pool on July 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM UTC, 13 min 13 s after block 960,256. 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 4,164 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0251 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1501 BTC for this block.
Block 960,257 is number 642 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,374 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,743 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,310 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.