About block 958,428
Bitcoin block 958,428 was mined by ViaBTC on July 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM UTC, 11 min 33 s after block 958,427. 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 3,642 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0351 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1601 BTC for this block.
Block 958,428 is number 829 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,187 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,572 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. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,651 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.