About block 958,261
Bitcoin block 958,261 was mined by ViaBTC on July 16, 2026 at 8:04 AM UTC, 21 min 32 s after block 958,260. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,355 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0287 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1537 BTC for this block.
Block 958,261 is number 662 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,354 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,739 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,894 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.