About block 958,424
Bitcoin block 958,424 was mined by ViaBTC on July 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM UTC, 4 min 27 s after block 958,423. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,412 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0424 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1674 BTC for this block.
Block 958,424 is number 825 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,191 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,576 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 15,655 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.