About block 958,079
Bitcoin block 958,079 was mined by AntPool on July 15, 2026 at 12:21 AM UTC, 2 min 3 s after block 958,078. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,542 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 958,079 is number 480 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,536 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,921 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,151 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.