About block 958,409
Bitcoin block 958,409 was mined by AntPool on July 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTC, 9 min 47 s after block 958,408. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,326 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0173 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1423 BTC for this block.
Block 958,409 is number 810 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,206 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,591 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,674 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.