About block 958,221
Bitcoin block 958,221 was mined by Luxor on July 16, 2026 at 1:38 AM UTC, 9 min 41 s after block 958,220. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,667 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 958,221 is number 622 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,394 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,779 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. Luxor found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,954 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.