About block 958,196
Bitcoin block 958,196 was mined by SECPOOL on July 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM UTC, 3 min 2 s after block 958,195. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,751 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% 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 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 958,196 is number 597 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,419 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,804 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. SECPOOL found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,993 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.