About block 958,303
Bitcoin block 958,303 was mined by SECPOOL on July 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM UTC, 1 min 51 s after block 958,302. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,507 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 958,303 is number 704 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,312 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,697 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,829 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.