About block 958,421
Bitcoin block 958,421 was mined by ViaBTC on July 17, 2026 at 1:34 PM UTC, 1 min 54 s after block 958,420. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,683 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 958,421 is number 822 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,194 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,579 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. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,658 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.