About block 960,589
Bitcoin block 960,589 was mined by F2Pool on August 1, 2026 at 4:33 PM UTC, 6 min 28 s after block 960,588. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,294 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 960,589 is number 974 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,042 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,411 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 12,989 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.