About block 958,162
Bitcoin block 958,162 was mined by ViaBTC on July 15, 2026 at 2:27 PM UTC, 14 min 36 s after block 958,161. 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 4,204 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0378 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1628 BTC for this block.
Block 958,162 is number 563 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,453 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,838 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 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,036 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.