About block 958,000
Bitcoin block 958,000 was mined by SpiderPool on July 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTC, 7 min 3 s after block 957,999. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,447 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% 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 0.0095 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1345 BTC for this block.
Block 958,000 is number 401 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,615 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,000 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,257 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.