About block 958,248
Bitcoin block 958,248 was mined by Binance Pool on July 16, 2026 at 6:12 AM UTC, 5 min 58 s after block 958,247. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,920 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 958,248 is number 649 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,367 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,752 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. Binance Pool found 6 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,913 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.