About block 958,338
Bitcoin block 958,338 was mined by SECPOOL on July 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM UTC, 28 min 41 s after block 958,337. 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 4,553 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0596 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1846 BTC for this block.
Block 958,338 is number 739 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,277 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,662 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,780 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.