About block 958,345
Bitcoin block 958,345 was mined by AntPool on July 17, 2026 at 1:28 AM UTC, 6 min 44 s after block 958,344. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,446 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0147 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1397 BTC for this block.
Block 958,345 is number 746 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,270 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,655 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. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,773 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.