About block 958,039
Bitcoin block 958,039 was mined by MARA Pool on July 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM UTC, 6 min 20 s after block 958,038. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,401 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0334 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1584 BTC for this block.
Block 958,039 is number 440 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,576 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,961 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. MARA Pool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,204 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.