About block 958,299
Bitcoin block 958,299 was mined by MARA Pool on July 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM UTC, 12 min 17 s after block 958,298. 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 3,769 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 0.0534 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1784 BTC for this block.
Block 958,299 is number 700 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,316 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,701 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. MARA Pool found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,838 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.