About block 958,163
Bitcoin block 958,163 was mined by SpiderPool on July 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM UTC, 11 min 7 s after block 958,162. 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 3,021 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0346 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1596 BTC for this block.
Block 958,163 is number 564 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,452 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,837 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,035 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.