About block 958,246
Bitcoin block 958,246 was mined by SpiderPool on July 16, 2026 at 5:55 AM UTC, 4 min 47 s after block 958,245. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,517 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 958,246 is number 647 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,369 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,754 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,915 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.