About block 958,235
Bitcoin block 958,235 was mined by ViaBTC on July 16, 2026 at 4:04 AM UTC, 18 min 21 s after block 958,234. 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 4,657 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 958,235 is number 636 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,380 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,765 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,932 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.