About block 958,212
Bitcoin block 958,212 was mined by Parasite on July 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM UTC, 1 min 17 s after block 958,211. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,883 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Parasite earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 958,212 is number 613 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,403 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,788 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. Parasite found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,970 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.