About block 958,318
Bitcoin block 958,318 was mined by SECPOOL on July 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM UTC, 16 min 12 s after block 958,317. 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 3,944 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0432 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1682 BTC for this block.
Block 958,318 is number 719 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,297 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,682 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 15,811 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.