About block 958,294
Bitcoin block 958,294 was mined by AntPool on July 16, 2026 at 2:49 PM UTC, 21 min 31 s after block 958,293. 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 3,905 transactions in 1.51 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 0.0492 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1742 BTC for this block.
Block 958,294 is number 695 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,321 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,706 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,843 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.