About block 958,290
Bitcoin block 958,290 was mined by Unknown on July 16, 2026 at 1:51 PM UTC, 20 min 22 s after block 958,289. 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 4,072 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0475 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1725 BTC for this block.
Block 958,290 is number 691 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,325 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,710 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. Unknown found 17 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,847 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.