About block 958,238
Bitcoin block 958,238 was mined by Foundry USA on July 16, 2026 at 4:30 AM UTC, 5 min 2 s after block 958,237. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,904 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 958,238 is number 639 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,377 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,762 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. Foundry USA found 269 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,929 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.