About block 958,298
Bitcoin block 958,298 was mined by SpiderPool on July 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM UTC, 13 min 43 s after block 958,297. 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 4,202 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0405 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1655 BTC for this block.
Block 958,298 is number 699 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,317 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,702 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. SpiderPool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,839 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.