About block 958,280
Bitcoin block 958,280 was mined by SpiderPool on July 16, 2026 at 11:23 AM UTC, 33 min 9 s after block 958,279. 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 4,364 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0457 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1707 BTC for this block.
Block 958,280 is number 681 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,335 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,720 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,861 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.