About block 958,281
Bitcoin block 958,281 was mined by AntPool on July 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM UTC, 26 min 27 s after block 958,280. 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 3,568 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0504 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1754 BTC for this block.
Block 958,281 is number 682 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,334 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,719 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,860 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.