About block 958,226
Bitcoin block 958,226 was mined by SpiderPool on July 16, 2026 at 2:31 AM UTC, 1 min 11 s after block 958,225. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,026 transactions in 1.94 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0085 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1335 BTC for this block.
Block 958,226 is number 627 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,389 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,774 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 15,949 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.