About block 958,036
Bitcoin block 958,036 was mined by ViaBTC on July 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM UTC, 36 min 53 s after block 958,035. 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 4,137 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0813 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2063 BTC for this block.
Block 958,036 is number 437 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,579 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,964 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,207 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.