About block 958,242
Bitcoin block 958,242 was mined by SpiderPool on July 16, 2026 at 5:02 AM UTC, 9 min 49 s after block 958,241. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,881 transactions in 1.52 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 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 958,242 is number 643 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,373 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,758 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,919 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.