About block 958,423
Bitcoin block 958,423 was mined by AntPool on July 17, 2026 at 2:25 PM UTC, 50 min 26 s after block 958,422. 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 4,064 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0731 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1981 BTC for this block.
Block 958,423 is number 824 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,192 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,577 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,656 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.