About block 958,236
Bitcoin block 958,236 was mined by RedRock Pool on July 16, 2026 at 4:17 AM UTC, 13 min 24 s after block 958,235. 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 4,342 transactions in 1.55 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 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, RedRock Pool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 958,236 is number 637 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,379 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,764 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. RedRock Pool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,931 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.