About block 958,288
Bitcoin block 958,288 was mined by ViaBTC on July 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM UTC, 35 min 1 s after block 958,287. 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 3,830 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0650 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1900 BTC for this block.
Block 958,288 is number 689 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,327 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,712 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 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,849 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.