About block 958,254
Bitcoin block 958,254 was mined by AntPool on July 16, 2026 at 6:48 AM UTC, 4 min 47 s after block 958,253. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,406 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 958,254 is number 655 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,361 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,746 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,901 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.